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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 we list in Switzerland, part of the Vaud Alps.

Isolation
5.6 km
To the nearest higher ground
Range
#2 in the range
Nearest town
11 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Dent de Morcles

Dent de Morcles lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
2,969 m (9,741 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
466 m
Type
Mountain
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 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Dent Favre2,916 m2.5 km
Grand Chavalard2,899 m3.7 km
Pointe des Savolaires2,294 m4.1 km
Petit Muveran2,810 m4.5 km
Tête du Portail2,335 m4.6 km
Grand Muveran3,051 m5.7 km

Nearest cities

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

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
Martigny-VilleSwitzerland18,30111 km
MontheySwitzerland17,77711 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70822 km
MontreuxSwitzerland25,98429 km
VeveySwitzerland19,89134 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.