Tschingelfirn

Tschingelfirn is a glacier in Silenen, Uri and has an elevation of 2,768 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.

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.

Hüfihütte

Mountain hut

Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hüfihütte is a mountain hut.

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

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Cavardiras is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km southeast of Tschingelfirn.

Unterschächen

Village

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Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland, situated in the upper Schächental. Unterschächen is situated 10 km northwest of Tschingelfirn.

Tschingelfirn

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,768 metres
Category: landform
Location: Silenen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.78275° or 46° 46′ 58″ north

Longitude

8.82489° or 8° 49′ 30″ east

Elevation

2,768 metres (9,081 feet)

Open location code

8FRCQRMF+3X

GeoNames ID

11397990

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