Sustenhorn
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Sustenhorn | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,502 m (11,490 ft) |
Prominence | 413 m (1,355 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Dammastock |
Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
Coordinates | 46°41′57.2″N 8°27′16.7″E / 46.699222°N 8.454639°E |
Geography | |
Location | Bern/Uri |
Country | Switzerland |
Parent range | Uri Alps |
Topo map | Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo |
The Sustenhorn is a 3,502-metre-high (11,490 ft) mountain in the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Uri. It overlooks Susten Pass from the south.
Both sides of the massif are glaciated. On the west side (Bern) lies the Stein Glacier and on the east side (Uri) lies the smaller Flachensteinfirn. The larger massif consists of several other mountains, the principal being Vorder Sustenhorn (3,318 metres), Chli Sustenhorn (3,309 metres) on the north and Sustenlimihorn (3,316 metres) on the south.
It was climbed for the first time in 1841 by a team that took the route from Innertkirchen[2]
References
- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Sustenlimi (3,089 m).
- ^ "Von der Tierberglihütte SAC (Normalroute) Sustenhorn 3502m". Schweizer Alpen-Club SAC (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-02-17.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sustenhorn.
- "Sustenhorn". SummitPost.org.
- Sustenhorn on Hikr
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