The following list is a comparison of elevation absolutes in Switzerland. Data includes interval measures of highest and lowest elevation for all 26 cantons, with coordinates of the highest. Location names, mean elevation, and the numeric differences between high and low elevations are also provided.
Most of the 26 canton high points are located in the Swiss Alps. Others (with lower altitudes), are located in the Jura Mountains. The 14 lower summits (up to the Säntis) are within the hiking trail network. The ascent of the 11 higher summits involves rock climbing or glacier touring.
following list is a comparison ofelevation absolutes in Switzerland. Data includes interval measures of highest and lowest elevation for all 26 cantons, with...
in Europe and mark the border of the Swiss Plateau, along with the Alps and the Jura Mountains. The largest wholly Swiss lake is Lake Neuchâtel. The remaining...
development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms Acht Orte ('Eight Cantons'; from 1353–1481) and Dreizehn Orte ('Thirteen Cantons', from...
mountains Listof mountain passes in SwitzerlandListof glaciers in SwitzerlandListof mountain lakes ofSwitzerland Out of 26 cantons. The cantonsof Basel-Stadt...
counties Listof South African provinces by highest point ListofSwisscantonsbyelevation (including highest points in each Swisscanton) Listof highest...
portion of the southwest border with France is drawn through Lake Geneva. Switzerland is divided into 26 sovereign cantons. The cantons along the Swiss Plateau...
[valɛ] ), more formally the Cantonof Valais, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital...
of climbing interest. For a listof major summits only, without elevation cut-off, see Listof mountains ofSwitzerland. The International Climbing and...
1803 when Murten (Morat) was acquired. The cantonof Fribourg joined the separatist league of Catholic cantons in 1846 (Sonderbund). The following year...
The cantonof Uri (German: Kanton Uri [ˈuːʁi] Romansh: Chantun Uri; French: Canton d'Uri; Italian: Canton Uri) is one of the 26 cantonsofSwitzerland and...
summit of the Rossberg, a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, located on the border between the Swisscantonsof Zug and Schwyz. Reaching a height of 1,580...
region ofSwitzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau...
Republic and Cantonof Ticino or less formally the Cantonof Ticino, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts...
[ɡraʊˈbʏndn̩] ), more formally the Cantonof the Grisons or the Cantonof Graubünden, is one of the twenty-six cantonsofSwitzerland. It has eleven districts,...
populous ofSwitzerland'scantons. The official language is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect...
mountain of the Emmental Alps, in Switzerland. With an elevationof 2,350 metres (7,710 ft) above sea level, the Brienzer Rothorn is the highest summit of the...
literally 'Lake of the four forested settlements' (in English usually translated as forest cantons), French: lac des Quatre-Cantons, Italian: lago dei...
col between the peaks of Graustock and Jochstock, at an elevationof 2,207 m (7,241 ft) and at the border between the cantonsof Bern and Nidwalden. The...
is the capital of the Swisscantonof Fribourg and district of La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is...
Titlis is a mountain of the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantonsof Obwalden and Bern. At 3,238 metres (10,623 ft) above sea level, it...
The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the cantonof Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is 16.9...
on the border between the Swisscantonsof Bern and Lucerne. With an altitude of 1,408 meters (4,619 ft), it is the summit of the Napfgebiet (Napf region)...
different bodies of water: Lake Lucerne, Lake Zug and Lake Lauerz. The range is in the Schwyzer Alps, and is split between the cantonsof Schwyz and Lucerne...
Sonderbund) of November 1847 was a civil war in Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy ofcantons. It ensued after seven Catholic cantons formed...
one of the two main north-south routes through the Swiss Alps. Since the Middle Ages, transit across the Gotthard played an important role in Swiss history...