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Bürgenstock

Elevation
1,128 m
#12,880
in the world
#1,287
in Switzerland
670 m
prominence

Bürgenstock is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 1,128 m, the 1,287th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Uri Alps.

Isolation
5.3 km
To the nearest higher ground
Range
#68 in the range
Nearest town
8.9 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Bürgenstock

Bürgenstock lies in Switzerland, in Lucerne.

Key facts

Elevation
1,128 m (3,701 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
670 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Lucerne
Coordinates
47.000, 8.398

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#1,287of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Uri Alps
#68of 68
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#12,880of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Buochserhorn1,807 m6.5 km
Dosse1,685 m8.2 km
Musenalper Grat1,775 m8.2 km
Stanserhorn1,898 m9.0 km
Rigi Scheidegg1,659 m9.8 km
Schwalmis2,246 m12 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Bürgenstock.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
LuzernSwitzerland81,6918.9 km
KriensSwitzerland25,0109.2 km
LittauSwitzerland16,12112 km
EmmenSwitzerland30,92613 km
SchwyzSwitzerland15,18120 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.