The Hinter Tierberg is a 3,445 metres high
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
in the
Uri Alps
The Uri Alps (also known as ''Urner Alps'', german: Urner Alpen) are a mountain range in Central Switzerland and part of the Western Alps. They extend into the cantons of Obwalden, Valais, Bern, Uri and Nidwalden and are bordered by the Bernese A ...
, located on the border between the cantons of
Bern and
Uri. It overlooks the
Trift Glacier
The Trift Glacier (german: Triftgletscher) is a long glacier (2005) in the Urner Alps near Gadmen, in the extreme east of the canton Berne in Switzerland.
Morphology
In 1973 glacier was 5.75 km long, 3 km wide at the top and around 500 m w ...
on its west side and the
Chelen Glacier on its east side.
The massif of the Tierberg consists of several mountains, they are (from north to south):
Vorder Tierberg
The Hinter Tierberg is a 3,445 metres high mountain in the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Uri. It overlooks the Trift Glacier on its west side and the Chelen Glacier on its east side.
The massif of the Tierbe ...
(3,091 metres),
Mittler Tierberg (3,418 metres) and Hinter Tierberg.
The Hinter Tierberg is connected to the south to the higher
Dammastock
The Dammastock (3,630 m) is the highest mountain in the Urner Alps in Switzerland and is part of the Winterberg massif. Its summit ridge forms the border between the cantons of Uri and the Valais. It is the highest summit in the canton of Uri ...
by a ridge whose lowest point is approximately 3,260 metres.
In August 2016, a
Swiss Air Force F/A-18
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather, twin-engine, supersonic, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part ...
fighter crashed close to the mountain.
References
External links
Hinter Tierberg on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of the canton of Uri
Mountains of the canton of Bern
Bern–Uri border
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