Elephant Hill
Elephant Hill is a stone in Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino. Elephant Hill is situated nearby to the stone La Conca, as well as near Hazel Grace.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gotthard Pass and Saint Gotthard national museum.
Gotthard Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gotthard Pass or St. Gotthard Pass at 2,106 m is a mountain pass in the Alps traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif and connecting northern Switzerland with southern Switzerland.
Saint Gotthard national museum
Museum
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Gotthard national museum is situated 1 km south of Elephant Hill.
Monte Prosa
Peak
Monte Prosa is a mountain in the Saint-Gotthard Massif, a mountain range in the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland. The mountain has an elevation of 2,737 m above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swiss Alps and Fontana.
Swiss Alps
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.
Fontana
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fontana is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km south of Elephant Hill.
Hospental
Village
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hospental is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Hospental is situated 6 km north of Elephant Hill.
Elephant Hill
- Type: Stone
- Categories: climbing site, sports location, and landform
- Location: Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.56269° or 46° 33′ 46″ northLongitude
8.56547° or 8° 33′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8FRCHH78+35OpenStreetMap ID
way 1538509036OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stoneOpenStreetMap feature
sport=climbing
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