Festigletscher

Festigletscher is a glacier in Randa, Visp District, Valais and has an elevation of 3,421 metres. Festigletscher is situated nearby to the locality P3733, as well as near P3635.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dom and Hohgwächte.

Dom

Peak

Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Dom is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between Randa and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With a height of 4,546 m, it is the seventh highest summit in the Alps, overall.

Hohgwächte

Peak

Photo: Johnw, Public domain.

The Hohgwächte is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, situated near Randa in Valais. It belongs to the Mischabel massif and is located west of the Dom and the Festijoch…

Dom Hut

Mountain hut

Photo: Cactus26, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Dom Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located above Randa in the canton of Valais. The hut lies on the western slopes of the Dom, at a height of 2,940 m above sea level, near the bottom of the Festigletscher glacier in the Pennine Alps.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Randa and Täsch.

Randa

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Randa is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located between the Weisshorn and the Dom in the Matter Valley.

Täsch

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.

Täsch is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located about 5 km north of Zermatt. The local language is Swiss German.

Saas-Fee

Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saas-Fee is the biggest town in the Saas valley in the Swiss canton of Valais. The valley is a destination for winter sport, with the slopes in Saas fee being one of the few places in the region where skiing in summer is possible.

Festigletscher

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 3,421 metres
Category: landform
Location: Randa, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.09761° or 46° 5′ 51″ north

Longitude

7.83758° or 7° 50′ 15″ east

Elevation

3,421 metres (11,224 feet)

Open location code

8FR93RXQ+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 34291885

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=glacier

GeoNames ID

11397436

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Localities in the Area

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