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Silenen, Gurtnellen, Uri, Kanton Uri, Switzerland

Alternative Names:	Silenen
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Silenen, Uri, Switzerland
Region:	Gurtnellen, Uri, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Latitude:	46° 47' 20" N
Longitude:	8° 40' 23" E
Lat/Long (dec):	46.7891,8.67325
Köppen climate type:	ET : Tundra
Population:	2,243 (2013)
Mindat Feature ID:	2658592
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2658592:7
GUID:	4eee15f8-a8b6-4ebd-9aef-5f5af6396c46

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 11" N	8° 40' 15" E	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Amsteg power station, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 2" N	8° 40' 16" E	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Control room construction site, Amsteg power station, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 59" N	8° 40' 23" E	2.5km (1.6 miles)
Bristen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 9" N	8° 41' 27" E	2.6km (1.6 miles)
N2 Road tunnel, Intschi, Gurtnellen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 58" N	8° 39' 40" E	2.7km (1.7 miles)
Stein Valley, Golzern, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 47' 16" N	8° 42' 42" E	2.9km (1.8 miles)
Kleine Windgälle (Chli Windgälle; Läged Windgälle), Golzern, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 47' 43" N	8° 42' 56" E	3.3km (2.1 miles)
Riederwald, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 25" N	8° 40' 11" E	3.6km (2.2 miles)
Ried, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 29" N	8° 39' 28" E	3.6km (2.3 miles)
Intschi, Gurtnellen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 37" N	8° 38' 59" E	3.6km (2.3 miles)
Schmitte Mine, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 10" N	8° 40' 27" E	4.0km (2.5 miles)
Stuben Mine, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 44' 58" N	8° 39' 59" E	4.4km (2.7 miles)
Golzern, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 37" N	8° 43' 46" E	4.5km (2.8 miles)
Teif Valley, Meitschligen, Gurtnellen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 44' 57" N	8° 39' 10" E	4.7km (2.9 miles)
Meitschligen, Gurtnellen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 44' 57" N	8° 38' 39" E	4.9km (3.1 miles)
Sellenen Tobel, Etzli Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 9" N	8° 43' 1" E	5.3km (3.3 miles)
Lungen Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 42" N	8° 44' 10" E	5.7km (3.5 miles)
Bristenstock, Bristen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 44' 12" N	8° 40' 51" E	5.8km (3.6 miles)
Intschi Tobel (Intschialpbachtobel), Intschi, Gurtnellen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 42" N	8° 36' 25" E	5.9km (3.7 miles)
Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 23" N	8° 44' 53" E	6.0km (3.7 miles)
Stockeggen, Etzli Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 44' 14" N	8° 42' 20" E	6.2km (3.9 miles)
Windgällen lodge, Golzern, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 47' 24" N	8° 45' 20" E	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Griesseren Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 45' 52" N	8° 45' 2" E	6.5km (4.0 miles)
Stalden Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 0" N	8° 45' 20" E	6.8km (4.2 miles)
Etzli Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 43' 54" N	8° 43' 3" E	7.2km (4.5 miles)
Chäs Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 10" N	8° 45' 53" E	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Bänder Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 13" N	8° 45' 57" E	7.4km (4.6 miles)
Bänderwald, Bänder Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 46' 23" N	8° 46' 8" E	7.5km (4.7 miles)
Witenalpkehle, Etzli Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	46° 43' 52" N	8° 44' 0" E	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Wilerflue, Gurtnellen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	46° 43' 23" N	8° 37' 55" E	8.0km (4.9 miles)

Brunni valley – lower part – in the summer of 2010.

Brunni Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland

Maderaner valley with Oberalpstock 3328 m.

Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland

Guilded sculpture in the Maderaner valley.

Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland

Brunni valley – lower part – in the summer of 2010.

Brunni Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland

Maderaner valley with Oberalpstock 3328 m.

Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland

Guilded sculpture in the Maderaner valley.

Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland

Brunni valley – lower part – in the summer of 2010.

Brunni Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland

Maderaner valley with Oberalpstock 3328 m.

Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland

Minerals recorded nearby (within 8.0 km)

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Apophyllite Group'

ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ Hematite

ⓘ Heulandite-Ca

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ var: Manganese-bearing Pickeringite

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

ⓘ Talc

ⓘ 'Tauriscite'

ⓘ 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'

ⓘ Titanite

ⓘ Vanadinite

ⓘ Wulfenite

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Europe	Continent
The Alps, Europe	Mountain Range
Switzerland	Country
Uri, Switzerland	Canton
Silenen, Uri, Switzerland	Municipality

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Switzerland, Uri, Uri	223.22.131.0.0.0
Switzerland, Uri, Uri, Silenen	223.22.131.2019.0.0

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