Selbsanft

Selbsanft
Hinter Selbsanft

Selbsanft (left) and Tödi (right)
Highest point
Elevation 3,029 m (9,938 ft)
Prominence 180 m (590 ft)[1]
Parent peak Tödi
Coordinates 46°49′54.1″N 8°58′41.6″E / 46.831694°N 8.978222°E / 46.831694; 8.978222Coordinates: 46°49′54.1″N 8°58′41.6″E / 46.831694°N 8.978222°E / 46.831694; 8.978222
Geography
Selbsanft

Location in Switzerland

Location Glarus, Switzerland
Parent range Glarus Alps

The Selbsanft is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the village of Linthal in the canton of Glarus. The Selbsanft is a large mountain consisting of several summits of which the highest is named Hinter Selbsanft. The massif is a buttress of the Bifertenstock and forms, along with Schiben, the ridge that separates the valleys of the Sand (west) and Limmernsee (east). A small glacier lies east of the summit.[2]

The mountain lies within the municipality of Glarus Süd.[2]

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Griessloch (2,849 m).
  2. 1 2 map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2015-06-05.


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