Hochfinsler

The Hochfinsler is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located south of Flums in the canton of St. Gallen. It lies on the range north of the Wissgandstöckli, that separates the Schilstal from the Weisstannental.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spitzmeilenhütte.

Spitzmeilenhütte

Mountain hut

Spitzmeilenhütte

Photo: Albinfo, CC0.

Spitzmeilenhütte is a mountain hut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weisstannen and Flums.

Weisstannen

Village

Weisstannen is a village located in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It lies in the municipality of Mels, south-west of Sargans. Weisstannen is located at 1,004 metres above sea level on the Seez river in the Weisstannen valley.

Flums

Village

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 2.5.

Flums is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is close to a large shopping complex and also is the gateway to a large skiing resort called Flumserberg. Flums is situated 8 km northeast of Hochfinsler.

Oberterzen

Village

Photo: Alexey M., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Oberterzen is a village, which is situated 8 km northwest of Hochfinsler.

Hochfinsler

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,422 metres
Description: mountain of the Glarus Alps
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Mels, Sarganserland, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.03313° or 47° 1′ 59″ north

Longitude

9.29974° or 9° 17′ 59″ east

Elevation

2,422 metres (7,946 feet)

Open location code

8FVF27MX+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2233828016

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Hochfinsler” goes by many names.

Arabic: “هوشفينسلير”
Bulgarian: “Хочфинслер”
Cebuano: “Hochfinsler”
Dutch: “Hochfinsler”
Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هوشفينسلير”
Ladin: “Hochfinsler”
Persian: “هوخفینسلر”
Spanish: “Hochfinsler”
Swedish: “Hochfinsler”

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