Finsteraarhorn Hut

The Finsteraarhorn Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located north of in the canton of . It lies at a height of 3,048 metres above sea level at the southern foot of the , the highest peak of the .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Finsteraarhorn and Grünhorn.

Peak
The is a mountain lying on the border between the cantons of and . It is the highest mountain of the and the most prominent peak of Switzerland.

Peak
Photo: Johnw, Public domain.
The is a mountain in the range of the . It is located on the ridge between the two largest glaciers of the Alps: the to the west and the to the east. is situated 3 km west of Finsteraarhorn Hut.

Peak
Photo: Fiesch, Public domain.
The is a mountain of the in . It lies just north-west of the , the main summit of the range. The is the tripoint between the valleys of the , the Unteraar Glacier and the . is situated 2½ km north of Finsteraarhorn Hut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch.

is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the and the in the . It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.

Finsteraarhorn Hut

Latitude
46.52198° or 46° 31′ 19″ north
Longitude
8.11447° or 8° 6′ 52″ east
Elevation
3,048 metres (10,000 feet)
Open location code
8FRCG4C7+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10177900507
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­alpine_hut
Wiki­data ID
Q1418340
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Korean—“Finsteraarhorn Hut” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: Finsteraarhorn Hut
  • German: Finsteraarhornhütte
  • Italian: Finsteraarhornhütte
  • Korean: 핀스터아어호른 산장

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Finsteraarhorn Hut”. Photo: El.Sarmiento, CC BY-SA 3.0.