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The Vorab is a double summit mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Glarus (GL) and Grisons (, GR), Switzerland. The summit () is also named (, referring to ) to distinguish it from a lower summit () named ().

Key facts

Mountain.name
Vorab
Mountain.photo
2015 Vorab vom Piz Grisch 02.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Vorab and glacier as seen from Piz Grisch
Mountain.highest
Bündner Vorab
Mountain.elevation_m
3028
Mountain.prominence_m
408
Mountain.parent_peak
Piz Segnas
Mountain.listing
Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.map
Switzerland#Canton of Glarus#Canton of Grisons
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland##Location in the canton of Glarus##Location in the canton of Grisons
Mountain.region_type
Cantons
Mountain.region
Glarus / Grisons
Mountain.country
Switzerland
Mountain.range
Glarus Alps

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Elevation
3028
Image
Vorab von Nordost.jpg
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Commons category
Vorab
topographic prominence
408
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The Vorab is a double summit mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Glarus (GL) and Grisons (, GR), Switzerland. The summit () is also named (, referring to ) to distinguish it from a lower summit () named ().

Territorially, it divides on the municipal areas of Laax (GR) on its eastern face, a narrow southern stripe within Siat (GR) and Elm (GL) on its northwestern face. The secondary peaks that belong to the massive include also the municipalities of Ruschein and Panix in Grisons.

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