Selbsanft Explained

Selbsanft
Native Name Lang:de
Highest:Hinderi Schibe
Elevation M:3083
Prominence M:180
Parent Peak:Tödi
Prominence Ref:[1]
Map:Switzerland
Region Type:Canton
Region:Glarus
Country:Switzerland
Range:Glarus Alps
Coordinates:46.8317°N 8.9782°W
Topo:Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

The Selbsanft is a mountain massif in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the village of Linthal in the canton of Glarus. The Selbsanft is a large mountain massif consisting of several summits of which the highest is named Hideri Schibe. 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 five main summits are, from north to south, the Vorder Selbsanft, also known as Hauserhorn (2750m (9,020feet), there are higher summits between the Vorder and Mittler Selbsanft, though), Mitttler Selbsanft, also known in Grison as Plattas Alvas (2949m (9,675feet)), the Hinter Selbsanft (3028m (9,934feet)), the highest peak of the Selbsanft triple. In a broader sense, the Vorderi Schibe (2987m (9,800feet)) and the Hinderi Schibe (3083m (10,115feet)), the highest summit of this massif, re also part of the massif.

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

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Notes and References

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