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Aletschhorn

Elevation
4,193 m
#1,074
in the world
#24
in Switzerland
1,043 m
prominence

Aletschhorn is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 4,193 m, the 24th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group.

Isolation
14 km
To the nearest higher ground
Range
#1 in the range
Nearest town
40 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Aletschhorn

Aletschhorn lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
4,193 m (13,757 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,043 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.465, 7.994

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#24of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group
#1of 26
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,074of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Sattelhorn3,744 m2.3 km
Dreieckhorn3,811 m2.5 km
Geisshorn3,740 m2.8 km
Rotstock3,699 m3.4 km
Grosses Fusshorn3,627 m3.9 km
Wysshorn3,545 m3.9 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Aletschhorn.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SierreSwitzerland16,79040 km
ThunSwitzerland43,72343 km
SteffisburgSwitzerland15,70945 km
DomodossolaItaly17,77845 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70856 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.