Wellhorn

Wellhorn
	Rosenlauigletscher , Klein and Gross Wellhorn in summer
height	3191 m above sea level M.
location	Bernese Oberland
Mountains	Bernese Alps
Coordinates	653 839 / 167400 coordinates: 46 ° 39 '20 " N , 8 ° 8' 31" O ; CH1903: 653,839 / 167400

The Wellhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps .

The mountain is 3191 m above sea level. M. high and is located south of the Reichenbach valley and west of the Rosenlauigletscher . At its summit, the areas of the communities of Meiringen , Grindelwald , Innertkirchen and Schattenhalb meet. A good 1 km northeast of it is the summit of the Klein Wellhorn ( 2700 m above sea level ).

The first ascent took place on July 31, 1866 by Edmund von Fellenberg with Christians Michel and Peter Egger over the east ridge.


Small and large Wellhorn in winter		Steel engraving , 19th century

literature

National map of Switzerland 1: 50,000, sheet 5004 Bernese Oberland . Federal Office for Topography, Wabern 2016, ISBN 978-3-302-05004-1 .
Wellhorn (large). In: Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Tenth volume. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1910, p. 612.

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