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As such, the LV95 system continues to provide coordinates in the same order (East (E) before North (N)), and continues to allocate positive coordinates to every point of the Swiss territory. In order to nonetheless achieve a clear distinction between the two systems, an additional digit was added to the coordinates of LV95: any East coordinate ...
This is a list of the extreme points of Switzerland. Elevation Type ... Coordinates highest point: Monte Rosa: Zermatt: Valais: 4634 m lowest point: Lake Maggiore ...
The following list is a comparison of elevation absolutes in Switzerland. Data includes interval measures of highest and lowest elevation for all 26 cantons, with coordinates of the highest. Location names, mean elevation, and the numeric differences between high and low elevations are also provided.
The list of national coordinate reference systems (CRS) lists map projections officially recommended for existing countries.Given that every projection gives deformations, each country's needs are different in order to reduce these distortions.
The geographical centre of Switzerland has the coordinates Swiss Grid: 660158/183641 It is located at Älggi-Alp in the municipality of Sachseln , Obwalden . The point is the centre of mass determined in 1988 by Swisstopo .
The National Maps of Switzerland, also referred to as the Swisstopo maps, are a set of official map series designed, edited and distributed by Swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography. Each map series is based on an oblique, conformal , cylindrical projection ( Mercator projection ), with a Swiss Coordinate system ( CH1903 + ).
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)
Switzerland: Dufourspitze 4634 m 15,203 ft Lake Maggiore: 193 m 633 ft 4441 m 14,570 ft Syria: Jabal el-Sheikh (Mount Hermon) 2814 m 9,232 ft Northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights (from Syrian point of view; See Israeli-occupied territories) −214 m −702 ft: 2814 m 9,232 ft Taiwan [ar] Yu Shan (Jade Mountain)