Gletsch
Located in Obergoms, Goms District Coordinates: 46°33′44″ N 8°21′43″ E
- Elevation
- 1,763 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
About Gletsch
Gletsch is a village. Location: Obergoms, Goms District. Elevation: 1,763 m.
Gletsch (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlɛtʃ]; 1,757 m (5,764 ft)) is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms ('Upper Goms'), 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi), southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône. It is called Gletsch (some short of Gletscher, the German term for glacier), since the first building was the predecessor of the Hôtel Glacier du Rhône (c.
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At a glance
- Heritage designation
- Swiss townscape worthy of protection
Source: Wikidata
In comparison
- Nearest larger town: Obergoms, 3 km S
- 179 sights and natural places within 10 km Sattelegg, Uf de Bidmer
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Sattelegg Mountain, Obergoms0.9 km N
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Murmeltierpark Grimselpass Attraction, Obergoms1.3 km W
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Uf de Bidmer Mountain, Obergoms1.2 km S
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Bidmer Mountain, Obergoms1.5 km E
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Totensee Lake, Obergoms1.7 km W
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Mutterseewji Lake, Obergoms1.7 km SW
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