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Altels

Elevation
3,629 m
#2,115
in the world
#133
in Switzerland
100 m
prominence

Altels is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 3,629 m, the 133rd highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group.

Isolation
0.9 km
To the nearest higher ground
Nearest town
19 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Altels

Altels lies in Switzerland, in Bern.

Key facts

Elevation
3,629 m (11,906 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
100 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Bern
Coordinates
46.429, 7.678

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#133of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group
#9of 28
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#2,115of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Balmhorn3,698 m1.2 km
Rinderhorn3,448 m2.5 km
Ferdenrothorn3,180 m3.2 km
Lötschberg2,690 m3.5 km
Majinghorn3,053 m4.3 km
Innere Fisistock2,787 m4.6 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Altels.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SierreSwitzerland16,79019 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70834 km
ThunSwitzerland43,72336 km
SteffisburgSwitzerland15,70939 km
BulleSwitzerland23,43852 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.