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Böshorn

Elevation
3,269 m
#3,029
in the world
#252
in Switzerland
120 m
prominence

Böshorn is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 3,269 m, the 252nd highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Pennine Alps.

Range
#116 in the range
Nearest town
25 km away
Type
Peak
GeoNames feature code PK

Where it is

Böshorn

Böshorn lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
3,269 m (10,725 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
120 m
Type
Peak
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.199, 7.993

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#252of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Pennine Alps
#116of 212
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#3,029of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Senggchuppa3,607 m2.2 km
Galehorn2,797 m2.7 km
Mattwaldhorn3,245 m2.9 km
Fletschhorn3,985 m3.6 km
Inner Rothorn3,454 m4.0 km
Ochsehorn2,912 m4.7 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Böshorn.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
DomodossolaItaly17,77825 km
SierreSwitzerland16,79037 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70849 km
VerbaniaItaly31,07053 km
Pallanza-Intra-SunaItaly28,91153 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.