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Tschingelhörner
The Tschingelhörner (also spelled ''Tschingelhoren'') are a chain of mountain peaks in the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Canton of Glarus, Glarus and Graubünden. They are composed of several summits on a long ridge, of which the highest is named ''Grosses Tschingelhorn'' (2,849 m). The mountain is located between Elm, Switzerland, Elm and Flims, west of the Segnas Pass (2,627 m). East of the main summit is the Martinsloch, a 6-by-18-metre (20-by-60 ft) triangular breakthrough, or hole, through which the sun shines at particular times of the year. The mountain is part of the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. References External links Tschingelhörner on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland World Heritage Sites in Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Glarus Mountains of Graubünden Glarus–Graubünden border Two-thousanders of Switzerland Flims {{Graubünden-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
The Glarus thrust () is a major thrust fault in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. Along the thrust the Helvetic nappes were thrust more than 100 km to the north over the external Aarmassif and Infrahelvetic complex. The thrust forms the contact between older (Helvetic) Permo-Triassic rock layers of the Verrucano group and younger (external) Jurassic and Cretaceous limestones and Paleogene flysch and molasse. The Glarus thrust crops out over a relatively large area in the cantons Glarus, St. Gallen and Graubünden, due to its horizontal orientation and the high local relief. Famous outcrops include those at Lochsite near Glarus (the town) and in a mountain cliff called ''Tschingelhörner'' between Elm and Flims (in the same cliff is a natural hole called the Martinsloch). World Heritage Thrust faults of this kind are not uncommon in many mountain chains around the world, but the Glarus thrust is a well accessible example and has as such played an important role in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
