Schärhorn
The Schärhorn is a Swiss mountain in the Glarus Alps near Klausen Pass. The highest summit is named Gross Schärhorn while a second summit is named Chli Schärhorn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,296 metres
- Description: mountain top in the Glarus Alps
- Also known as: “Gross Schaerhorn”, “Gross Scharhorn”, “Gross Schärhorn”, and “Gross-Schärhorn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chli Schärhorn and Chammliberg.
Chammliberg
Peak
Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Chammliberg is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located south of the Klausen Pass in the canton of Uri. While the south side of the mountain is covered by the large Hüfi Glacier, the north-west side consists of an 800 metre high face.
Clariden
Peak
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The Clariden is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, located at an elevation of 3,267 m between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Glarus. While on the north the Clariden overlooks the 1,948 m high Klausen Pass, the south side is covered by large glaciers and firn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urnerboden and Spiringen.
Urnerboden
Village
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The Urnerboden is a village in the high valley of Urner Boden, and also an alp and a small high Alpine permanent settlement in the Swiss canton of Uri. Urnerboden is situated 9 km northeast of Schärhorn.
Spiringen
Village
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Spiringen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. The municipality comprises two disjoint areas, separated by the municipality of Unterschächen and the Klausen Pass. Spiringen is situated 9 km northwest of Schärhorn.
Schärhorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Unterschächen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.82705° or 46° 49′ 37″ northLongitude
8.82925° or 8° 49′ 45″ eastElevation
3,296 metres (10,814 feet)Open location code
8FRCRRGH+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 286930152OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Schärhorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غروس شارورن”
- Cebuano: “Gross Schärhorn”
- Chinese: “謝爾峰”
- Dutch: “Schärhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جروس شارورن”
- French: “Chli Schärhorn”
- French: “Schärhorn”
- Georgian: “შერჰორნი”
- German: “Gross Schärhorn”
- German: “Schärhorn”
- Italian: “Gross Schärhorn”
- Ladin: “Gross Schärhorn”
- Low German: “Gross Schärhorn”
- Low German: “Schärhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gross Schärhorn”
- Polish: “Gross Schärhorn”
- Spanish: “Schärhorn”
- Swedish: “Gross Schärhorn”
- Venetian: “Gross Schärhorn”
- Western Panjabi: “گراس سچارہارن”
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