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Klein Furkahorn

The Klein Furkahorn is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking the on the border between the Swiss cantons of and . It lies near the southern end of the - chain, east of the Rhone Glacier.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Furka Pass and Gross Furkahorn.

Mountain saddle
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is a 2,429 m high mountain pass in the southern connecting , with , via the seasonal Furkapassroute. The Furka Oberalp Bahn bypasses the pass through the 1,390 m high Furka Base Tunnel, which opened in 1982 to replace the seasonal Furka Summit Tunnel at 2,160 metres.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of and . It lies north of the and east of the Rhone Glacier.

Peak
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The is the fourth highest mountain in the Urner in . Its summit ridge lies on the border between the cantons of and the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gletsch.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of , located in the upper Rhone valley, called , 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the .

Klein Furkahorn

Latitude
46.5859° or 46° 35′ 9″ north
Longitude
8.4064° or 8° 24′ 23″ east
Elevation
3,026 metres (9,928 feet)
Open location code
8FRCHCP4+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 601525444
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q43409
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Klein Furkahorn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلاين فوركاورن”
  • Catalan: “Klein Furkahorn”
  • Chinese: “小富卡山”
  • Dutch: “Klein Furkahorn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كلاين فوركاورن”
  • French: “Klein Furkahorn”
  • Georgian: “კლაინ-ფურკაჰორნი”
  • German: “Klein Furkahorn”
  • Ladin: “Klein Furkahorn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Klein Furkahorn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Klein Furkahorn”
  • Persian: “کلین فورکاهورن”
  • Spanish: “Klein Furkahorn”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sektor Joschi and Furkastock.

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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 “Klein Furkahorn”. Photo: Noebu, CC BY 2.5.