Encyclopedia > List of Cantons of Switzerland by highest point
This is a list of Cantons of Switzerland by highest point. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ...
metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Dufourspitze (De. ... The Valais (also known in German as Wallis) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the south-western part of the country, in the Pennine Alps around the valley of the Rhone River from its springs to Lake Geneva. ... Finsteraarhorn is the highest mountain in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps. ... The Swiss canton of Bern (German: Kanton Bern; French Canton de Berne) has a population of about 947,000. ... Piz Bernina is the highest mountain of the eastern Alps with an elevation of 4049 metres. ... Graubünden or Grisons (German: Graubünden; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun; French: Grisons), is the largest and easternmost Swiss canton. ... Uri can mean: Canton of Uri - a Canton of Switzerland a personal name - for example, Uri Geller Uri Party - the name of a political party in South Korea URI (cars), the Namibian carmarket is with capitals, but it isnt an acronym URI is a three letter acronym, and can... Glarus (French Glaris) is a canton in east central Switzerland. ... Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland, and almost entirely Italian-speaking (except the German-speaking municipality of Bosco/Gurin). ... St. ... Obwalden is a canton of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... Nidwalden is a canton of Switzerland. ... Schwyz (German Schwyz) is a canton in central Switzerland between Lake Lucerne in the south and Lake Zurich in the north. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Appenzell Ausserrhoden (German; French: Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures; in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes) is a canton of Switzerland. ... Appenzell Innerrhoden (German; French: Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures; in English sometimes Appenzell Inner Rhodes) is a canton of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. ... The Brienzer Rothorn is a Swiss mountain on the border between the cantons of Lucerne and Berne. ... Lucerne (German Luzern) is a canton of Switzerland. ... Zug (French: Zoug, Italian: Zugo) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ... Neuchâtel is a canton of Switzerland. ... Solothurn is a canton of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Jura is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the northwestern part of Switzerland. ... The Swiss canton of Zürich (German: Kanton Zürich) has a population of about 1. ... Basel-Country ( German: Basel-Landschaft; French: Bâle-Campagne) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ... Thurgau (Thurgovia) is a canton of Switzerland. ... Hagen Map of Germany showing Hagen Hagen is the 37th largest city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... The Canton of Schaffhausen is a canton of Switzerland. ... Aargau ( German Aargau, French Argovie, Italian Argovia, Romansh Argovia, in English sometimes Argovia) is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. ... Basel-Stadt (in German: Basel-Stadt) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ... The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the name of the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva. ...
References
Catherine Keller and Patrick Höhener: Höhepunkte der Schweiz: Die Gipfel aller Kantone; Les sommets de la Suisse: canton par canton (http://mypage.bluewin.ch/hoehener/gipfel/) - Travel descriptions with map and photos
BfS Kennzahlen (http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/raum_und_umwelt/umweltzustand_und/umweltbereiche/kennzahlen0/info.Document.51549.html) - XLS spreadsheet with list
Die Kantone nach ihren höchsten Punkten (http://www.reliefs.ch/hoehen.doc) - Word DOC with various highest and lowest elevation values by canton (village center, road or rail network, etc.)