Rhonestock

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Rhonestock
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Rhonestock
Location in Switzerland
Highest point
PeakHinterer Rhonestock
Elevation 3,588 m (11,772 ft)
Prominence 87 m (285 ft) [1]
Parent peak Dammastock (line parent)
Coordinates 46°38′4″N8°25′9.5″E / 46.63444°N 8.419306°E / 46.63444; 8.419306
Geography
Location Valais/Uri
Country Switzerland
Parent range Uri Alps
Topo map Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

The Rhonestock is a ridge section of Dammastock in the Uri Alps located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Uri and belongs to the Winterberg massif. It lies south of the Dammastock, between the Rhone Glacier and the Damma Glacier.

It is composed of two subpeaks of Dammastock: the Hinterer Rhonestock (3,588 m) and the Vorderer Rhonestock (3,566 m).

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Dammapass (3,501 m).


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