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Gemsstock
Gemsstock. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Gemsstock is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Andermatt in the canton of Uri. A glacier named Gurschenfirn lies over its northern flanks. The Gemsstock is a subpeak of the higher Chastelhorn, lying approximately one kilometre south-west.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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