Laggingletscher

Laggingletscher is a glacier in Simplon, Brig District, Valais and has an elevation of 3,014 metres. Laggingletscher is situated nearby to the locality 3104, as well as near P2921.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Weissmies and Lagginhorn.

Weissmies

Peak

Photo: Schmid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Weissmies 4,013 m is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland near the village of Saas-Fee. It is the easternmost four-thousander of its range.

Lagginhorn

Peak

Photo: Engie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Lagginhorn, also known as Laquinhorn or ts Lagg'ii, is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies a few kilometres north of the slightly higher Weissmies and also close to the slightly lower Fletschhorn on the north.

Fletschhorn

Peak

Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Fletschhorn is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between the Saas Valley and the Simplon Valley, in the canton of Valais. It lies in the Weissmies group, north of the Lagginhorn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saas-Grund and Saas-Almagell.

Saas-Grund

Village

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Saas-Grund is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies east of Lenzspitze and Dom.

Saas-Almagell

Village

Saas-Almagell is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Zwischbergen

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zwischbergen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Zwischbergen is situated 8 km east of Laggingletscher.

Laggingletscher

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 3,014 metres
Category: landform
Location: Simplon, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.14378° or 46° 8′ 38″ north

Longitude

8.01568° or 8° 0′ 57″ east

Elevation

3,014 metres (9,888 feet)

Open location code

8FRC42V8+G7

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=glacier

GeoNames ID

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Localities in the Area

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