Belchenflue

The Belchenflue is a mountain of the Jura, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn, south of Eptingen. The nearby Belchenflue Pass links the two cantons.

Belchenflue
The summit
Highest point
Elevation1,099 m (3,606 ft)
Prominence44 m (144 ft)[1]
Parent peakRuchen
Coordinates47°21′46″N 7°48′38″E
Geography
Belchenflue
Location in Switzerland
LocationBasel-Landschaft/Solothurn, Switzerland
Parent rangeJura Mountains

The mountain is also known as the Swiss Belchen (Schweizer Belchen) and is part of the so-called Belchen System, a group of mountains with the name "Belchen" that may have been part of a Celtic sun calendar.[2]

Distant view from the Belchenflue to the Bernese Alps in a distance of about 100 km

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located west of the summit at 1,055 metres.
  2. Chevrier, Jean-François. From Basel - Herzog & de Meuron, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2016, p. 52.
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