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Tödi

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The Tödi, is a mountain massif and with the mountain peak Piz Russein the highest mountain in the Glarus Alps and the highest summit in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. [1]

48 relations: Anthracite, Arnold Escher von der Linth, Bernina Range, Biferten Glacier, Bifertenstock, Canton of Glarus, Canton of Grisons, Canton of Uri, Clariden, Dammastock, Disentis, Dolomite, Feldspar, Finsteraarhorn, Glarus Alps, Glarus Süd, Gneiss, Google Earth, Granite, John Ball (naturalist), Jurassic, Limestone, Linth, Linthal, Glarus, List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland, List of mountains of Switzerland, List of mountains of the canton of Glarus, List of Swiss cantons by elevation, Massif, Mountain, Oberalp Pass, Orders of magnitude (length), Piz Urlaun, Placidus a Spescha, Quartzite, Rhine, Schist, Selbsanft, Slate, Summit, Sumvitg, Swiss Alpine Club, Swiss Alps, Swisstopo, Switzerland, Talc, Ultra-prominent peak, Val Russein.

Anthracite

Anthracite, often referred to as hard coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster.

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Arnold Escher von der Linth

Arnold Escher von der Linth (8 June 1807 in Zürich12 July 1872) was a Swiss geologist, the son of Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (1767-1823).

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Bernina Range

The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy.

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Biferten Glacier

The Biferten Glacier (Bifertenfirn) is a 4 km long glacier (2005) situated in the Glarus Alps in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

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Bifertenstock

The Bifertenstock (Piz Durschin) is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, located at an elevation of on the border between the cantons of Glarus (north) and Graubünden (south), its peak, however, is located about 25 metres south of the border.

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Canton of Glarus

The canton of Glarus, also canton of Glaris (ˈɡlarʊs) is a canton in east central Switzerland.

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Canton of Grisons

The canton of (the) Grisons, or canton of Graubünden is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Uri

The canton of Uri (German: Kanton) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation.

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Clariden

The Clariden is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, located at an elevation of between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Glarus.

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Dammastock

The Dammastock (3,630 m) is the highest mountain in the Urner Alps in Switzerland and is part of the Winterberg massif.

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Disentis

Disentis (German) or Mustér (Romansh), with its official name Disentis/Mustér is a village and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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Dolomite

Dolomite is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite.

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Feldspar

Feldspars (KAlSi3O8 – NaAlSi3O8 – CaAl2Si2O8) are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals that make up about 41% of the Earth's continental crust by weight.

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Finsteraarhorn

The Finsteraarhorn is the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland and the most prominent peak of Switzerland.

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Glarus Alps

The Glarus Alps (Glarner Alpen) are a mountain range in central Switzerland.

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Glarus Süd

Glarus Süd is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Glarus.

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Gneiss

Gneiss is a common distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from pre-existing formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks.

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Google Earth

Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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John Ball (naturalist)

John Ball (20 August 1818 – 21 October 1889) was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic (from Jura Mountains) was a geologic period and system that spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period Mya.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Linth

The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich.

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Linthal, Glarus

Linthal is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

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List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland

This is a list of the most topographically isolated mountains of Switzerland.

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List of mountains of Switzerland

This page contains a sortable table listing all major mountains and hills of Switzerland.

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List of mountains of the canton of Glarus

This is a list of mountains of the Swiss canton of Glarus.

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List of Swiss cantons by elevation

The following list is a comparison of elevation absolutes in Switzerland.

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Massif

In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures.

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Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

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Oberalp Pass

Oberalp Pass (Romansh: Alpsu or Cuolm d'Ursera, German: Oberalppass) (el. 2044 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis and Andermatt.

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Orders of magnitude (length)

The following are examples of orders of magnitude for different lengths.

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Piz Urlaun

Piz Urlaun is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Glarus and Graubünden.

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Placidus a Spescha

Placidus a Spescha (December 8, 1752 – August 14, 1833) was a Benedictine monk and early Alpine explorer born in Trun, near Disentis, in the valley of the upper Rhine in Graubünden.

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Quartzite

Quartzite (from Quarzit) is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.

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Rhine

--> The Rhine (Rhenus, Rein, Rhein, le Rhin,, Italiano: Reno, Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.

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Schist

Schist (pronounced) is a medium-grade metamorphic rock with medium to large, flat, sheet-like grains in a preferred orientation (nearby grains are roughly parallel).

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Selbsanft

The Selbsanft is a mountain massif in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the village of Linthal in the canton of Glarus.

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Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism.

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Summit

A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it.

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Sumvitg

Sumvitg is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

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Swiss Alpine Club

The Swiss Alpine Club (Schweizer Alpen-Club, Club Alpin Suisse, Club Alpino Svizzero, Club Alpin Svizzer) is the largest mountaineering club in Switzerland.

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen, Alpes suisses, Alpi svizzere, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Swisstopo

Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (in German: Bundesamt für Landestopografie; French: Office fédéral de topographie; Italian: Ufficio federale di topografia; Romansh: Uffizi federal da topografia), Switzerland's national mapping agency.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Talc

Talc or talcum is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg3(SiO3)4 or Mg3Si4O10(OH)2.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is defined as a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more.

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Val Russein

The Val Russein is a valley of the Swiss Alps, located south of the Tödi Group in Graubünden.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tödi

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