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All mountain heights and prominences on the list are from the largest-scale maps available. [2]However, heights sometime conflict on different scales. For example, the Fletschhorn is indicated to be 3,993 m (13,100 ft), 3,982 m (13,064 ft), and 3,984 m (13,071 ft) high on the 1:100'000, 1:50'000 and 1:25'000 Swisstopo map, respectively.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Switzerland" ... (mountain range) Rätikon; Rhaetian Alps;
Image of the Swiss Alps, covered in snow during the daytime. The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, [1] 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.
This is a list of the highest mountains of Switzerland.This list only includes summits above 3,600 metres (11,811 ft) with a topographic prominence of at least 30 metres. . Note that this list includes many secondary summits that are typically not considered mountains (in the strict sense of the term) but that are mainly of climbing intere
Satellite image of Switzerland. Switzerland extends between the parallels 45°49'05 and 47°48'30 lat. and the meridians 5° 57'23 and 10°29'31 long. It forms an irregular quadrilateral, of which the greatest length from east to west is 350 kilometres (220 mi), and the greatest breadth from north to south is nearly 220 kilometres (140 mi).
The original images for the Dufour Map were created in 1:25,000 scale (for the Swiss plateau) and 1:50,000 (for the mountains). However, the Dufour Map was published in 1:100,000 scale, enabling the territory of Switzerland to be divided into 25 sheets, each of which measured 70 centimetres (28 in) x 48 centimetres (19 in).
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Mountains of Switzerland" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,493 total.
The Dents du Midi (French pronunciation: [dɑ̃ dy midi]; French: "teeth of the south") are a three-kilometre-long mountain range in the Chablais Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Overlooking the Val d'Illiez and the Rhône valley to the south, they face the Lac de Salanfe , an artificial reservoir, and are part of the geological ...