Tschingelfirn

Tschingelfirn is a glacier in Silenen, Uri and has an elevation of 2,643 metres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Düssi and Piz Cambrialas.

Düssi

Peak

The Düssi is a mountain in the Glarus Alps in central Switzerland, located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. Its massif separates the valleys of Maderanertal and Val Russein. Düssi is situated 2½ km north of Tschingelfirn.

Piz Cambrialas

Peak

Piz Cambrialas is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking the Val Russein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The mountain lies in the range between the Maderanertal and the Val Russein and has two summits of nearly-identical height separated by a ca. Piz Cambrialas is situated 3½ km northeast of Tschingelfirn.

Piz Cavardiras

Peak

Photo: Walter Mittelholzer, Public domain.

Piz Cavardiras is a 2,964 metres high mountain in the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. The Cavardiras hut, owned by the Swiss Alpine Club, lies near the pass of Cavardiras on the north side. Piz Cavardiras is situated 3½ km south of Tschingelfirn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Disentis and Cavardiras.

Disentis

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Disentis or Mustér, is a community of the district Surselva in the Northwest of the Canton of Graubünden or Grisons in Switzerland. The skiing and summer tourism resort high up in the Rhine valley is the site of one of the oldest Benedictine monasteries in Switzerland.

Cavardiras

Hamlet

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cavardiras is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km southeast of Tschingelfirn.

Cumpadials

Village

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Cumpadials is the smallest of the four villages in the municipality of Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a station on the Disentis - Reichenau line of the Rhätische Bahn railway. Cumpadials is situated 9 km southeast of Tschingelfirn.

Tschingelfirn

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,643 metres
Category: landform
Location: Silenen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.76715° or 46° 46′ 2″ north

Longitude

8.82461° or 8° 49′ 29″ east

Elevation

2,643 metres (8,671 feet)

Open location code

8FRCQR8F+VR

GeoNames ID

11397510

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