The Selun is one of the peaks of the Churfirsten range, located in the Appenzell Alps. It lies between the valley of Toggenburg and Lake Walenstadt in the canton of St. Gallen. The summit is easily accessible by a trail on the northern side.
Name The peak is named for the extended alpine pasture to the peak's north-west, situated above ca. .Selunalp in Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz (1902). Indicated as and on the Siegfried Map (map.geo.admin.ch); note also between , separating Selunalp from the lower . The name's etymology is uncertain, possibly from a *sellonem (Latin sella) "saddle". Named for is Johannes Seluner (c. 1828–1898) who was found in 1844 as a feral child living in Wildenmannlisloch cave.
See also List of mountains of the canton of St. Gallen
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Selun on Hikr