Eggishorn
Sign in to saveThe Eggishorn is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Bernese Alps, located north of Fiesch in the Swiss canton of Valais. A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli (2,893 m), 500 metres south of the main peak.
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- Mountain.name
- Eggishorn
- Mountain.photo
- Eggishorn, Berner Alpen, Wallis, Switzerland, from southwest.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Eggishorn viewed from southwest
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2927
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 563
- Mountain.listing
- Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Finsteraarhorn
- Mountain.location
- Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Bernese Alps
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Aerial tramway
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- Elevation
- 2926
- Image
- 3625 - Eggishorn viewed from Bettmerhorn.JPG
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- Eggishorn
- topographic prominence
- 563
- topographic isolation
- 2.05
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The Eggishorn is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Bernese Alps, located north of Fiesch in the Swiss canton of Valais. A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli (2,893 m), 500 metres south of the main peak.
The Eggishorn lies within the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region, which in 2001 was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. On its northern flank is the Aletsch Glacier. From the summit the view extends also to the Lepontine and Pennine Alps (Dom, Matterhorn, Weisshorn).
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