Piz Sax

Piz Sax is a peak in Pfäfers, Sarganserland, Canton of St. Gallen and has an elevation of 2,795 metres. Piz Sax is situated nearby to the locality Val Sax, as well as near Surcruns.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Piz Dolf and Piz Sardona.

Piz Dolf

Peak

Photo: Caumasee, Public domain.

Piz Dolf or Trinserhorn is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of St. Gallen and Grisons. Piz Sardona is to the north across a glacier, and to its west Piz Segnas.

Piz Sardona

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Piz Sardona is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, on the border between the cantons Glarus and St. Gallen. The 3,056 m high mountain overlooks the valleys of Sernf and Calfeisen.

Piz Segnas

Peak

Photo: Caumasee, Public domain.

Piz Segnas is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Glarus and Grisons. The Piz Sardona is on the same ridge to the north, from where the Piz Dolf/Trinserhorn lies to the southeast.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flims and Elm.

Flims

Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Flims is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. The town of Flims is dominated by the Flimserstein which one can see from almost anywhere in the area.

Elm

Village

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Elm is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Elm lies in the valley of the Sernf river, and consists of the village of Elm itself, and the hamlets of Sulzbach, Schwändi, Müsli, Untertal, Vogelsang, Töniberg, Obmoos, Steinibach and Wald. Elm is situated 9 km west of Piz Sax.

Piz Sax

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,795 metres
Category: landform
Location: Pfäfers, Sarganserland, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.90505° or 46° 54′ 18″ north

Longitude

9.28689° or 9° 17′ 13″ east

Elevation

2,795 metres (9,170 feet)

Open location code

8FRFW74P+2Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12040710180

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

6937794

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