Peak · Switzerland · Appenzell Alps

Hoher Kasten

Elevation

1,794 m

#10,008

in the world

#1,212

in Switzerland

204 m

prominence

Hoher Kasten is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 1,794 m, the 1,212th highest in Switzerland, part of the Appenzell Alps.

Elevation

1,794 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Prominence

204 m

Height above its key col

Isolation

3.5 km

To the nearest higher ground

World rank

#10,008

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Hoher Kasten lies in Switzerland, in Saint Gallen.

Key facts

Elevation

1,794 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Prominence

204 m

Isolation

3.5 km

Type

Peak

Range

Appenzell Alps

Region

Saint Gallen

Coordinates

47.284, 9.485

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland

#1,212of 1,296

LargestSmallest

In the Appenzell Alps

#19of 30

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#10,008of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Kamor	1,751 m	0.7 km
Usser Hüser	1,914 m	4.7 km
Ebenalp	1,640 m	5.6 km
Marwees	2,055 m	6.6 km
Hundstein	2,157 m	7.2 km
Altenalp Türm	2,033 m	8.2 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Hoher Kasten.

City	Country	Population	Distance
Feldkirch	Austria	33,420	10 km
Hohenems	Austria	16,317	18 km
Sankt Gallen	Switzerland	75,833	18 km
Herisau	Switzerland	15,744	19 km
Lustenau	Austria	22,821	21 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.