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Peak · Switzerland · Uri Alps

Gitschen

Elevation
2,513 m
#6,288
in the world
#918
in Switzerland
73 m
prominence

Gitschen is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 2,513 m, the 918th highest in Switzerland, part of the Uri Alps.

Elevation
2,513 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
73 m
Height above its key col
World rank
#6,288
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Gitschen

Gitschen lies in Switzerland, in Uri.

Key facts

Elevation
2,513 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
73 m
Type
Peak
Range
Uri Alps
Region
Uri
Coordinates
46.877, 8.575

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#918of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Uri Alps
#50of 68
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6,288of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Uri Rotstock2,929 m3.5 km
Brunnistock2,952 m3.8 km
Oberbauenstock2,117 m6.1 km
Wissigstock2,887 m6.3 km
Engelberger Rotstock2,818 m6.4 km
Schwalmis2,246 m7.7 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Gitschen.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
SchwyzSwitzerland15,18117 km
KriensSwitzerland25,01028 km
LuzernSwitzerland81,69128 km
LittauSwitzerland16,12131 km
EinsiedelnSwitzerland15,86731 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.