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Mountain · Switzerland · Mischabel group

Balfrin

Elevation
3,795 m
#1,775
in the world
#84
in Switzerland
243 m
prominence

Balfrin is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 3,795 m, the 84th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Mischabel group.

Range
#9 in the range
Nearest town
32 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Balfrin

Balfrin lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
3,795 m (12,451 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
243 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.135, 7.880

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#84of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Mischabel group
#9of 9
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,775of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Ulrichshorn3,924 m2.0 km
Lammenhorn3,189 m2.4 km
Färichhorn3,291 m2.8 km
Chli Dürrenhorn3,890 m2.9 km
Stecknadelhorn4,240 m3.1 km
Nadelhorn4,327 m3.2 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Balfrin.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SierreSwitzerland16,79032 km
DomodossolaItaly17,77832 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70842 km
VerbaniaItaly31,07057 km
Pallanza-Intra-SunaItaly28,91158 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.