Tieralplistock

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Tieralplistock
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View of the Tieralplistock, first peak on the left of the photo.
Highest point
Elevation 3,383 m (11,099 ft)
Prominence 23 m (75 ft) [1]
Parent peak Unnamed summit (3,388 m)
Coordinates 46°37′58.9″N8°22′31.1″E / 46.633028°N 8.375306°E / 46.633028; 8.375306 Coordinates: 46°37′58.9″N8°22′31.1″E / 46.633028°N 8.375306°E / 46.633028; 8.375306
Geography
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Tieralplistock
Location in Switzerland
Location Bern/Valais, Switzerland
Parent range Urner Alps

The Tieralplistock (3,383 m) is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies between the Trift Glacier and the Rhone Glacier, just east of the lake of Gelmer.

Between the Diechterhorn and the Tieralplistock is a slightly higher unnamed summit (3,388 m).

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References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located north of the summit at 3,360 metres.