Unterschächen, Untere Balm
Unterschächen, Untere Balm is a bus stop in Unterschächen, Uri and has an elevation of 1,774 metres. Unterschächen, Untere Balm is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Klausen Pass, as well as near the peak Glatten.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Klausen Pass and Schächentaler 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.
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. Schächentaler Windgällen is situated 3 km northwest of Unterschächen, Untere Balm.
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. Glatten is situated 2½ km east of Unterschächen, Untere Balm.
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 6 km east of Unterschächen, Untere Balm.
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 8 km west of Unterschächen, Untere Balm.
Unterschächen, Untere Balm
- Type: Bus stop
- Also known as: “Untere Balm” and “Unterschaechen, Untere Balm”
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Unterschächen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.87415° or 46° 52′ 27″ northLongitude
8.82865° or 8° 49′ 43″ eastElevation
1,774 metres (5,820 feet)Operator
PAGOpen location code
8FRCVRFH+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 775540520OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionGeoNames ID
10392817
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