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Peak · Switzerland · Oberalpstock-Clariden-Schärhorn Group

Piz Tgietschen

Elevation
3,328 m
#2,844
in the world
#226
in Switzerland
709 m
prominence

Piz Tgietschen is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 3,328 m, the 226th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Oberalpstock-Clariden-Schärhorn Group.

Isolation
13 km
To the nearest higher ground
Nearest town
32 km away
Type
Peak
GeoNames feature code PK

Where it is

Piz Tgietschen

Piz Tgietschen lies in Switzerland, in Uri.

Key facts

Elevation
3,328 m (10,919 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
709 m
Type
Peak
Region
Uri
Coordinates
46.743, 8.769

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#226of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Oberalpstock-Clariden-Schärhorn Group
#1of 25
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#2,844of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Witenalpstock3,015 m1.8 km
Piz Ault3,027 m1.9 km
Piz Cavardiras2,959 m3.5 km
Chrüzlistock2,709 m3.8 km
Piz Nair3,059 m6.7 km
Bristen3,073 m6.8 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Piz Tgietschen.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SchwyzSwitzerland15,18132 km
EinsiedelnSwitzerland15,86743 km
KriensSwitzerland25,01049 km
LuzernSwitzerland81,69149 km
ZugSwitzerland30,54252 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.