Killer horn
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| height | 2395 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Glarus , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Glarus Alps | |
| Coordinates | 735 190 / 196673 | |
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| Normal way | Segnespass (T3), then T5 according to the SAC hiking scale | |
The killer horn or murderer is 2395 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Glarus Alps in the area of the former municipality of Elm in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland . It is located one kilometer as the crow flies west-northwest of the Segnespass , which connects Elm with Flims .
Trivia
In the TV series The Simpsons (episode 23 of season 9), the killer horn is the highest mountain near Springfield . The killer horn serves as a parody of the better known Matterhorn ; an apple bar manufacturer sponsors Homer Simpson as he climbs the killer horn.
Web links
- Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de géographie (editors): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 3: Krailigen - Plentsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1905, p. 385, keyword Mœrderhorn ( scan of the lexicon page ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The mountain is known by this name on the Swisstopo national map from 1960, but as the killer horn on the current map .