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Peak · Switzerland · Bernese Prealps

Birg

Elevation
2,684 m
#5,455
in the world
#816
in Switzerland
86 m
prominence

Birg is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 2,684 m, the 816th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Bernese Prealps.

Range
#11 in the range
Nearest town
28 km away
Type
Peak
GeoNames feature code PK

Where it is

Birg

Birg lies in Switzerland, in Bern.

Key facts

Elevation
2,684 m (8,806 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
86 m
Type
Peak
Region
Bern
Coordinates
46.562, 7.856

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#816of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Bernese Prealps
#11of 50
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#5,455of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Schilthorn2,969 m1.7 km
Bietenhorn2,756 m1.8 km
Allmendhubel1,932 m2.4 km
Drättehorn2,794 m3.4 km
Hundshore2,929 m4.3 km
Schwalmere2,777 m4.6 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Birg.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
ThunSwitzerland43,72328 km
SteffisburgSwitzerland15,70930 km
SierreSwitzerland16,79039 km
KönizSwitzerland41,78453 km
BernSwitzerland121,63153 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.