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Bietschhorn

Elevation
3,933 m
#1,547
in the world
#57
in Switzerland
807 m
prominence

Bietschhorn is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 3,933 m, the 57th highest in Switzerland, part of the Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group.

Elevation
3,933 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
807 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
13 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#1,547
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Bietschhorn

Bietschhorn lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
3,933 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
807 m
Isolation
13 km
Type
Mountain
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.392, 7.851

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#57of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group
#2of 26
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,547of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Tieregghorn3,072 m2.2 km
Breitlauihorn3,654 m3.3 km
Wilerhorn3,306 m3.4 km
Wiwannihorn3,001 m4.1 km
Strahlhorn3,200 m4.4 km
Breithorn3,784 m4.5 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Bietschhorn.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
SierreSwitzerland16,79027 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70842 km
ThunSwitzerland43,72344 km
DomodossolaItaly17,77846 km
SteffisburgSwitzerland15,70946 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.