Glärnisch
The Glärnisch is a mountain massif of the Schwyz Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. It consists of several summits, of which the highest, the Bächistock, is 2,915 metres above sea level.Photo: TonnyB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: mountain of the Glarus Alps
- Also known as: “Glarnisch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glarnisch Glacier and Nidfurner Turm.
Oberblegisee
Lake
Photo: Caumasee, Public domain.
Oberblegisee is a lake in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. It is located at an elevation of 1,422 metres, above the village of Luchsingen and below the peaks of Glärnisch. Its surface area is 0.17 square kilometres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leuggelbach and Nidfurn.
Leuggelbach
Village
Nidfurn
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nidfurn is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Nidfurn is situated 4½ km east of Glärnisch.
Luchsingen
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luchsingen is a village and former municipality in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Luchsingen is situated 4½ km southeast of Glärnisch.
Glärnisch
- Categories: mountain and glacier
- Location: Glarus, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.99924° or 46° 59′ 57″ northLongitude
8.99862° or 8° 59′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8FRCXXXX+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 26862947OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q15260
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Glärnisch” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غلارنيستش”
- Arabic: “غلارنيش”
- Bulgarian: “Глерниш (масив)”
- Bulgarian: “Глерниш”
- Catalan: “Glärnisch”
- Cebuano: “Glärnisch”
- Chinese: “格萊尼施山”
- Dutch: “Glärnisch”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جلارنيستش”
- French: “Glärnisch”
- German: “Glärnisch”
- Italian: “Glärnisch”
- Ladin: “Glärnisch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glärnisch”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Glärnisch”
- Polish: “Glärnisch”
- Spanish: “Glärnisch”
- Swedish: “Glärnisch”
- Swiss German: “Glärnisch”
- Venetian: “Glärnisch”
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