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Corno Gries

Elevation
2,967 m
#4,223
in the world
#238
in Italy
511 m
prominence

Corno Gries is a mountain in Italy and Switzerland, rising to 2,967 m, the 238th highest we list in Italy, part of the Lepontine Alps.

Range
#21 in the range
Nearest town
38 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Corno Gries

Corno Gries sits on the border between Italy and Switzerland, and is counted in each.

Key facts

Elevation
2,967 m (9,734 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
511 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Piedmont
Coordinates
46.452, 8.393

How it ranks

Among peaks in Italy
#238of 602
LargestSmallest
In the Lepontine Alps
#21of 99
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#4,223of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Nufenenstock2,866 m1.8 km
Pizzo Nero2,903 m4.8 km
Pizzo Gallina3,061 m4.8 km
Galmihorn3,001 m5.3 km
Marchhorn2,962 m5.3 km
Kastelhorn3,128 m5.9 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Corno Gries.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
DomodossolaItaly17,77838 km
LocarnoSwitzerland15,82444 km
BellinzonaSwitzerland43,22056 km
Pallanza-Intra-SunaItaly28,91159 km
VerbaniaItaly31,07060 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.