Mountain · Switzerland · Vaud Alps

Dent de Morcles

Elevation

2,969 m

#4,215

in the world

#567

in Switzerland

466 m

prominence

Dent de Morcles is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 2,969 m, the 567th highest in Switzerland, part of the Vaud Alps.

Elevation

2,969 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Prominence

466 m

Height above its key col

Isolation

5.6 km

To the nearest higher ground

World rank

#4,215

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Dent de Morcles lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation

2,969 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Prominence

466 m

Isolation

5.6 km

Type

Mountain

Range

Vaud Alps

Region

Valais

Coordinates

46.199, 7.075

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland

#567of 1,296

LargestSmallest

In the Vaud Alps

#2of 12

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#4,215of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Dent Favre	2,916 m	2.5 km
Grand Chavalard	2,899 m	3.7 km
Pointe des Savolaires	2,294 m	4.1 km
Petit Muveran	2,810 m	4.5 km
Tête du Portail	2,335 m	4.6 km
Grand Muveran	3,051 m	5.7 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Dent de Morcles.

City	Country	Population	Distance
Martigny-Ville	Switzerland	18,301	11 km
Monthey	Switzerland	17,777	11 km
Sitten	Switzerland	34,708	22 km
Montreux	Switzerland	25,984	29 km
Vevey	Switzerland	19,891	34 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.