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Glarus Alps

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mountain range

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Vinony's link graph records 235 inbound references to Glarus Alps, and connects out to Canton of St. Gallen, Swiss Alps and Glarus thrust.

The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Canton of Glarus–Grisons border, Glarus–St. Gallen border and Grisons–Canton of St. Gallen border.

Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Peak
Tödi
Elevation
3,614 m (11,857 ft)
Coordinates
46°48′40″N 8°54′53″E / 46.81111°N 8.91472°E / 46.81111; 8.91472
Native name
Glarner Alpen ( German )
Country
Switzerland
Cantons
Glarus Uri Graubünden St Gallen
Parent range
Western Alps
Borders on
Uri Alps Schwyz Alps Appenzell Alps Lepontine Alps Western Rhaetian Alps
Topo map
Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Orogeny
Alpine orogeny

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Wikidata facts

Elevation
2510
Image
Braunwald Alps.jpg
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Commons category
Glarner Alps
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Encyclopedic overview

The Glarus Alps (German: Glarner Alpen) are a mountain range in central Switzerland. They are bordered by the Uri Alps and the Schwyz Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south, the Appenzell Alps to the northeast. The eastern part of the Glarus Alps contains a major thrust fault that was declared a geologic UNESCO World Heritage Site (the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona).

The Glarus Alps extend well beyond the canton of Glarus, including parts of the cantons of Uri, Graubünden, and St Gallen. Conversely, not all the mountains in the canton of Glarus are part of the Glarus Alps, with those to the north of the Urner Boden and to the west of the valley of the river Linth considered to be part of the Schwyz Alps.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glarus Alps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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