Scheuchzerhorn
Scheuchzerhorn | |
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Scheuchzerhorn Location in Switzerland | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,456 m (11,339 ft) |
Prominence | 116 m (381 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Finsteraarhorn |
Coordinates | 46°32′37.7″N 8°11′24.2″E / 46.543806°N 8.190056°ECoordinates: 46°32′37.7″N 8°11′24.2″E / 46.543806°N 8.190056°E |
Geography | |
Location | Bern, Switzerland |
Parent range | Bernese Alps |
The Scheuchzerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Grimsel Pass in the canton of Bern. It lies north-east of the Oberaarhorn, on the range separating the valley of the Unteraar Glacier from the valley of the Oberaar Glacier.
The mountain was named in honor of the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is located west of the summit at 3,340 metres.
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Categories:
- Mountains of the Alps
- Alpine three-thousanders
- Mountains of Switzerland
- Mountains of the canton of Bern
- Canton of Bern geography stubs