Schinhorn
Schinhorn | |
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![]() From left: the sharp ridge Distlighorn and the dark tower Schinhorn, seen from the Lötschenlücke | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,796 m (12,454 ft) |
Prominence | 422 m (1,385 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Aletschhorn |
Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
Coordinates | 46°27′05″N 7°56′48″E / 46.45139°N 7.94667°E |
Geography | |
Location | Valais, Switzerland |
Parent range | Bernese Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 30 August 1869 by E. J. Häberlin and Johann and Andreas von Weissenfluh |
The Schinhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Aletschhorn in the canton of Valais. It lies between the valleys of Lötschental (north) and Oberaletsch (south). The Schinhorn has a northeastern Subpeak, the sharp ridge Distlighorn (3,716 m).
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