Agassizhorn
| Agassizhorn | ||
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 Agassizhorn from Gross Fiescherhorn , on the right the Finsteraarhorn |
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| height | 3947 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Border canton Bern / canton Wallis , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Bernese Alps | |
| Dominance | 1.38 km → Finsteraarhorn | |
| Notch height | 200 m ↓ Agassizjoch | |
| Coordinates | 651 833 / 155255 | |
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| Normal way | From the Finsteraarhornhütten over the Agassizjoch and the southeast ridge ( WS ) | |
The Agassizhorn ( 3947 m above sea level ) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps in the extension of the northwest ridge of the Finsteraarhorn , from which it is less than 1.5 kilometers away and separated by the Agassizjoch ( 3747 m ). The mountain is named after the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz .
Summit route
The approach leads from the Finsteraarhornhütten first to the west down to the Fiescher glacier . From there it goes up on the eastern edge of the glacier to behind the ridge that pulls down from the rock spur point 3406. In a north-easterly direction you reach the crevice-rich slopes up to the Agassizjoch, from where you can reach the summit along the southeast ridge.
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz , who is best known for his research on glaciers, was also exploring the Bernese Alps in the 1840s. More recently, Agassiz's role as a racial theorist has also been discussed and his racist thinking condemned. In 2007 it was proposed that the mountain be renamed “Rentyhorn” after the Congolese slave Renty. The proposal was rejected in 2020 by the three municipalities of Guttannen , Grindelwald and Fieschertal .
Literature and map
- Richard Goedeke : 3000 meters in the northern Alps . Bruckmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7654-3930-4 .
- National map of Switzerland 1: 25,000, sheet 1249 Finsteraarhorn .
Web links
- Agassizhorn on Mount Wiki
- Campaign "Démonter Louis Agassiz"
- Campaign online petition to rename the summit
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Richard Goedeke: 3000er in the Northern Alps , p. 45, see literature.
- ^ A racist Swiss pioneer and his summit , Stefan Häne, Tages-Anzeiger Zurich, June 30, 2007 (PDF; 479 kB)
- ^ Samuel Günter: The Agassizhorn keeps its name. Thurner Tagblatt, July 9, 2020.