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Bishorn

Elevation
4,151 m
#1,127
in the world
#29
in Switzerland
90 m
prominence

Bishorn is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 4,151 m, the 29th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Pennine Alps.

Isolation
0.8 km
To the nearest higher ground
Range
#16 in the range
Nearest town
24 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Bishorn

Bishorn lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
4,151 m (13,619 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
90 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.118, 7.715

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#29of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Pennine Alps
#16of 212
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,127of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Grand Gendarme4,331 m1.2 km
Tête de Milon3,692 m1.8 km
Weisshorn4,505 m1.9 km
Brunegghorn3,831 m2.5 km
Schalihorn3,974 m3.8 km
Pointe d'Arpitetta3,133 m3.8 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Bishorn.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SierreSwitzerland16,79024 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70830 km
DomodossolaItaly17,77845 km
Martigny-VilleSwitzerland18,30150 km
AostaItaly35,26152 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.