Geissberg
Geissberg is a peak in Unterschächen, Uri and has an elevation of 2,236 metres. Geissberg is situated nearby to the locality Ruosalper Chulm, as well as near Chäseren.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schächentaler Windgällen and Klausen Pass.
Schächentaler Windgällen
Peak
The Schächentaler Windgällen is a mountain massif in the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking Unterschächen in the canton of Uri. The two named peaks are Höch Windgällen and Läged Windgällen.
Klausen Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: FeG, Public domain.
Klausen Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Altdorf in the canton of Uri with Linthal in the canton of Glarus. Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie at the summit of the pass, but some 8 kilometres down the slope towards Linthal, with the summit being in Uri.
Glatten
Peak
Photo: Wala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Glatten is a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking the Klausen Pass in the canton of Uri. It is the tripoint between the valleys Bisistal, Schächental and Urner Boden. The summit consists of a large karstic plateau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urnerboden and Spiringen.
Urnerboden
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Spiringen
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Geissberg
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,236 metres
- Description: mountain in Uri, Switzerland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Unterschächen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.87984° or 46° 52′ 47″ northLongitude
8.8185° or 8° 49′ 7″ eastElevation
2,236 metres (7,336 feet)Open location code
8FRCVRH9+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 9216224374OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Geissberg” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Geissberg (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa, Kanton Uri)”
- Cebuano: “Geissberg”
- Swedish: “Geissberg”
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Localities in the Area
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