Dosse
The Dosse is a mountain of the Rigi massif, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Lucerne and Schwyz. The mountain overlooks Lake Lucerne, near Vitznau.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,685 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Dossen” and “Rigi Dossen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rigi and Scheidegg.
Rigi
Photo: Ttrainer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rigi is a mountain massif of the Alps, located in Central Switzerland. The whole massif is almost entirely surrounded by the water of three different bodies of water: Lake Lucerne, Lake Zug and Lake Lauerz.
Scheidegg
Peak
Photo: Meckimac, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Scheidegg is a mountain summit of the Rigi massif, overlooking Goldau in the canton of Schwyz on its north mountainside, and Gersau and the Gersau Bay of Lake of Lucerne on its south side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vitznau and Rigi Kaltbad.
Vitznau
Village
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vitznau is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Rigi Kaltbad
Hamlet
Photo: Daniel Reust, CC BY 4.0.
Rigi Kaltbad is a resort in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Lucerne. The resort sits on a sunny terrace at an elevation of 1,433 metres, overlooking Lake Lucerne above Weggis in Central Switzerland.
Gersau
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gersau is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Gersau was for many centuries an independent micro-state in permanent alliance with the Swiss Confederation.
Dosse
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Vitznau, Lucerne-Land District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.02705° or 47° 1′ 37″ northLongitude
8.49875° or 8° 29′ 56″ eastElevation
1,685 metres (5,528 feet)Open location code
8FVC2FGX+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 5914531103OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dosse” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dossen (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa, Kanton Luzern)”
- Cebuano: “Dossen”
- Chinese: “多瑟山”
- Dutch: “Rigi Dossen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ريجى دوسين”
- Ladin: “Rigi Dossen”
- Persian: “دوس (ریگی)”
- Persian: “دوس”
- Swedish: “Dossen”
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