Uri Alps

Uri Alps
Uri Alps
	The Dammastock from the Göscheneralp
Highest point
Peak	Dammastock
Elevation	3,630 m (11,910 ft)
Coordinates	46°38′28″N 8°25′6″E / 46.64111°N 8.41833°E
Naming
Native name	Urner Alpen (German)
Geography
Country	Switzerland
Schwyzer Alps, Glarus Alps and Lepontine Alps
Topo map	Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

The Uri Alps (also known as Urner Alps,

Schwyzer Alps to the north (Lake Lucerne), the Lepontine Alps to the south (the valley of Urseren with Andermatt) and the Glarus Alps to the east (Reuss

).

The Uri Alps are composed of two distinct groups separated by the Susten Pass. The Dammastock massif on the south is the most glaciated part while the northern part, which culminates on Titlis, has lower summits but greater extent.

Geography

The group south of the Susten Pass forms the dividing range between the head waters of the

Rhone Glacier to the south, divides this range from the more easterly range whose highest point is the Dammastock. North of the Dammastock the range collectively known as the Hinter Tierberg, attains 3,447 metres. Further east than the last is the Sustenhorn range, rising at its highest point to 3,505 metres, divided from the last by the Stein Glacier and the upper part of the Göschenental. Lastly, another ridge still further east is separated from the last by the Voralptal, a branch of the Göschenental. Its highest summits are the Fleckistock and the Stucklistock. The lower part of the Göschenental is bounded on the south by a range running west to east diverging from the ridge between the Dammastock and the Galenstock.^[1]

On the north side of the Susten Pass the ranges are lower and, except the highest mountains on the south, free of glaciers. The main ridge, culminating at the Titlis divides the basins of the Aare and the Reuss. From the Grassen, tripoint border between the cantons of Bern, Obwalden and Uri, a small range diverges from the main watershed and runs from west to east and culminates at the Gross Spannort.