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Bec des Rosses

Elevation
3,223 m
#3,178
in the world
#285
in Switzerland
283 m
prominence

Bec des Rosses is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 3,223 m, the 285th highest in Switzerland, part of the Pennine Alps.

Elevation
3,223 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
283 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
2.5 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#3,178
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Bec des Rosses

Bec des Rosses lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
3,223 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
283 m
Isolation
2.5 km
Type
Peak
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.072, 7.300

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#285of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Pennine Alps
#124of 212
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#3,178of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Mont Fort3,329 m1.7 km
Mont Gelé3,023 m3.2 km
Rosablanche3,336 m4.4 km
Le Parrain3,258 m4.9 km
Le Métailler3,212 m5.9 km
Becca de Corbassière2,690 m6.0 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Bec des Rosses.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
SittenSwitzerland34,70818 km
Martigny-VilleSwitzerland18,30118 km
SierreSwitzerland16,79031 km
MontheySwitzerland17,77734 km
AostaItaly35,26137 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.