Verstanclahorn
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The Verstanclahorn is a mountain
in the Silvretta
Range (Swiss Alps
), located in Graubünden
, Switzerland
. The mountain has a pyramidal shape with the northern face lying above the Verstancla Glacier
. The smaller glacier Vadret da las Maisas lies on the south side.
The mountain is located on the ridge between the central Graubünden (north) and the Engadine
valley (south), also separating the basins of the Rhine and Inn River
.
Mountain
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in the Silvretta
Silvretta
The Silvretta Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps shared by Tirol, Vorarlberg and Graubünden . The Austrian states of Tirol and Vorarlberg are connected by a pass road . The majority of the peaks are elevated above three thousand metres and are surrounded by glaciers...
Range (Swiss Alps
Swiss Alps
The Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps....
), located in Graubünden
Graubünden
Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The mountain has a pyramidal shape with the northern face lying above the Verstancla Glacier
Verstancla Glacier
The Verstancla Glacier is a 2 km long glacier situated in the Silvretta Range in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 1.27 km². The glacier is located north of the Verstanclahorn...
. The smaller glacier Vadret da las Maisas lies on the south side.
The mountain is located on the ridge between the central Graubünden (north) and the Engadine
Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine is a long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the canton of Graubünden in southeast Switzerland. It follows the route of the Inn River from its headwaters at Maloja Pass running northeast until the Inn flows into Austria one hundred kilometers downstream...
valley (south), also separating the basins of the Rhine and Inn River
Inn River
The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.- Geography :...
.