Verstanclahorn
mountain
The Verstanclahorn is a mountain of the Swiss Silvretta Alps, located between Piz Buin and Piz Linard in the canton of Graubünden. The mountain has a pyramidal shape with the northern face lying above the Verstancla Glacier. The smaller glacier Vadret da las Maisas lies on the south side.
The mountain is located on the ridge between the central Graubünden (north) and the Engadine valley (south), also separating the basins of the Rhine and Inn River.
The closest locality is Lavin, on the southern side.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Verstanclahorn” as mountain. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as mountain. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q672321. Authority coordinates are 46.835, 10.071. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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