Kleines Fiescherhorn

Kleines Fiescherhorn
German: Ochs
North wall
Highest point
Elevation 3,895 m (12,779 ft)
Prominence 65 m (213 ft)[1]
Parent peak Grosses Fiescherhorn
Coordinates 46°33′19.8″N 8°4′33.2″E / 46.555500°N 8.075889°E / 46.555500; 8.075889Coordinates: 46°33′19.8″N 8°4′33.2″E / 46.555500°N 8.075889°E / 46.555500; 8.075889
Naming
Translation Small Horn of Fiesch; Ox (German)
Geography
Kleines Fiescherhorn
Location in Switzerland
Country Switzerland
Canton Berne and Valais
Parent range Bernese Alps
Topo map swisstopo
Geology
Mountain type glaciated peak

Kleines Fiescherhorn or the Ochs (English: ox) is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps, situated on the border between the cantons of Berne and Valais in Switzerland. Together with Grosses and Hinteres Fiescherhorn to the west they build the Fiescherhörner.

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col located west of the summit at 3,830 metres.
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