The Ärmighorn (also spelled ''Ärmighore'') 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 higher t ...
of the
Bernese Alps
The Bernese Alps are a mountain range of the Alps located in western Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Va ...
, located east of
Kandergrund
Kandergrund is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
The area may have been lightly inhabited during the Bronze Age, however the earliest documented settlement was a ...
in the
Bernese Oberland
The Bernese Oberland (; ; ), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands, is the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern. It is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context it is referred to as ''Oberland'' witho ...
. It lies north of the
Dündenhorn
The Dündenhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Lake Oeschinen in the Bernese Oberland. It lies between the valleys of Kandersteg and Kiental, to the west of the Hohtürli Pass
The Hohtürli (Swiss German, literally means ''High ...
, on the range between the
Kandertal
The Kander is a river in Switzerland. It is long and has a Drainage basin, watershed of . Originally a tributary of the Aare, with a confluence downstream of the city of Thun, since 1714 it flows into Lake Thun upstream of the city.
The drainag ...
and the
Kiental.
References
External links
Ärmighorn on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Bernese Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of the canton of Bern
Two-thousanders of Switzerland
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