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Oberalpstock Piz Tgietschen
Oberalpstock from eastElevation 3,328 m (10,919 ft) Prominence 709 m (2,326 ft) [1] Parent peak Tödi Location Switzerland Range Glarus Alps Coordinates 46°44′33.1″N 8°46′10.1″E / 46.742528°N 8.769472°ECoordinates: 46°44′33.1″N 8°46′10.1″E / 46.742528°N 8.769472°E The Oberalpstock or Piz Tgietschen is a mountain in the Glarus Alps between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. Its massif separates the valleys of Maderanertal (Uri) and Surselva near Sedrun (Graubündnen).
The Oberalpstock is the highest summit of the Glarus Alps west of the Tödi, and also the highest mountain in the canton of Uri east of the Reuss.
References
- Swisstopo maps
External links
Categories:- Mountains of Switzerland
- Mountains of the Alps
- Alpine Three-thousanders
- Graubünden geography stubs
- Switzerland geography stubs
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