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Balmhorn

Elevation
3,698 m
#1,973
in the world
#108
in Switzerland
1,020 m
prominence

Balmhorn is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 3,698 m, the 108th highest in Switzerland, part of the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group.

Elevation
3,698 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,020 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
12 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#1,973
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Balmhorn

Balmhorn lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
3,698 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,020 m
Isolation
12 km
Type
Mountain
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.425, 7.694

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#108of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group
#5of 28
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,973of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Altels3,629 m1.2 km
Ferdenrothorn3,180 m2.1 km
Lötschberg2,690 m2.3 km
Rinderhorn3,448 m3.3 km
Majinghorn3,053 m3.8 km
Hockenhorn3,293 m3.9 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Balmhorn.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
SierreSwitzerland16,79019 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70834 km
ThunSwitzerland43,72337 km
SteffisburgSwitzerland15,70940 km
BulleSwitzerland23,43853 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.