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
Elevation	1,099 m (3,606 ft)
Prominence	44 m (144 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Ruchen
Coordinates	47°21′46″N 7°48′38″E
Geography
Belchenflue Location in Switzerland
Location	Basel-Landschaft/Solothurn, Switzerland
Parent range	Jura 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

See also

• Belchen Tunnel

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.

External links

• Belchenflue on Hikr