The Pizol is a
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
Glarus Alps
The Glarus Alps (german: Glarner Alpen) are a mountain range in central Switzerland. They are bordered by the Uri Alps and the Schwyz Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south, the Appenzell Alps to the northeast. The eastern part of ...
of northeastern Switzerland, overlooking
Wangs in the canton of
St. Gallen
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. At 2,844 metres above sea level,
it is the highest summit of the chain separating the valleys of the
Seez and the
Tamina rivers, and the highest mountain lying entirely within the canton of St. Gallen.
There are five mountain lakes (Pizolseen) on Pizol:
Wangsersee at Pizolhütte,
Wildsee,
Schottensee,
Schwarzsee
Schwarzsee () or Lac Noir (; en, "Black Lake"; rarely ; frp, Lèc d'Omène ), is a small lake in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland with an area of . The lake in the Swiss Prealps is bordered by the peaks of Schwyberg (1,628 m) in the West ...
(2368 m) and
Baschalvasee (2174 m).
A small cirque glacier,
the Pizolgletscher, had been located above 2,600 metres on the northern side of the mountain.
Pizol Hut lies at .
On 22 September 2019, a 'funeral' and mourning ceremony was held for the Pizol glacier which had disappeared due to rising temperatures.
A similar ceremony had been held in August when the
Okjökull glacier in Iceland disappeared.
See also
References
External links
Pizol on Hikr
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Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of the canton of St. Gallen