Schwyz Alps
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 The Schwyz Alps with the Great Mythen in the middle distance. |
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| Highest peak | Bächistock ( 2915 m above sea level ) |
| location | Canton Schwyz and surroundings, Switzerland |
| part of | Western alps |
| Coordinates | 702 108 / 210727 |
| surface | 1,400 km² |
The Schwyz Alps are a mountain group in Switzerland . It is located in the northeast of the Western Alps and covers the canton of Schwyz and parts of the cantons of Lucerne , Zug , Uri and Glarus .
Location and area
The area is bordered (clockwise from north) by Linth , Fätschbach , Klausenpass , Vorder Schächen , Schächen , Reuss , Lake Lucerne , Lake Zug and Lake Zurich and covers an area of 1400 km².
The group is very diverse: from gently rolling pre-alpine mountains in the north, which are partially interrupted by steep rocks, to high alpine peaks near the three-thousand-meter line in the southeast, there are many variations in the shape and character of their mountains.
The area is not only surrounded by numerous lakes, but also has some inside, such as For example: Sihlsee , Ägerisee , Lauerzersee , Obersee , Wägitalersee and Klöntalersee .
Groups and summits
The Schwyz Alps are divided into the following 13 subgroups:
- Etzel-Aubrig chain with Gross Aubrig 1695 m above sea level. M. and Etzel 1096 m
- Obersee group having Mutteristock (2294 m)
- Glärnisch group with Bächistock 2915 m
- Ortstock group with Ortstock 2717 m and Höch Tower 2666 m
- Schächentaler Windgallen chain
- Chaiserstock chain with Rophaien 2077 m and Chaiserstock 2515 m
- Fronalpstock chain with Chlingenstock 1935 m and Fronalpstock 1922 m
- Northern Muotatal Alps
- Rigi with Rigi Kulm 1797 m and Rigi Hochflue 1698 m
- Rossberg with Wildspitz 1580 m
- Alptal mountains
- Western and Eastern Sihl Valley Alps
Valleys and places
In the interior of the mountain group are the valley of the Minster , Sihltal , valley of the Wägitaler Aa , Oberseetal , Klöntal , Bisital, Riemenstaldner Tal , Muotatal , valley of the Steiner Aa and the Biber , Alptal with the places Muotathal , Schwyz , Goldau , Steinen , Sattel , Rothenthurm , Einsiedeln , on the edge of which Pfäffikon , Niederurnen , Näfels , Glarus , Linthal , Altdorf , Brunnen , Gersau , Vitznau , Weggis , Zug and Wädenswil , which belongs to the canton of Zurich .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Maps of Switzerland (SwissTopo)
- ^ A b Ernst Höhne: Knaur's Lexicon for Mountain Friends / The Alps between Matterhorn and Lake Constance . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-426-26223-1 , p. 252 ff .
- ↑ Mountain album based on Johannes Führer in "Bergwelt" 1980, p. 38 ff.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Assigned to the Schwyz Prealps according to SOIUSA and SAC .
- ↑ a b c Assigned to the Glarus Alps according to SOIUSA and SAC .
- ↑ a b Assigned to the Urner Alps according to SOIUSA and SAC .