Gemsstock | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,961 m (9,715 ft) |
Prominence | 86 m (282 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Chastelhorn |
Coordinates | 46°36′8.2″N 8°36′42.1″E / 46.602278°N 8.611694°E |
Geography | |
Location | Uri, Switzerland |
Parent range | Lepontine Alps |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Aerial tramway |
Gemsstock is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Andermatt in the canton of Uri. A glacier named Gurschenfirn lies over its northern flanks. The Gemsstock is a subpeak of the higher Chastelhorn, lying approximately one kilometre south-west.