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Dent du Géant

Elevation
4,013 m
#1,408
in the world
#24
in Italy
139 m
prominence

Dent du Géant is a peak in Italy and France, rising to 4,013 m, the 24th highest we list in Italy, part of the Mont Blanc massif.

Isolation
1.2 km
To the nearest higher ground
Range
#8 in the range
Nearest town
26 km away
Type
Peak
GeoNames feature code PK

Where it is

Dent du Géant

Dent du Géant sits on the border between Italy and France, and is counted in each.

Key facts

Elevation
4,013 m (13,166 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
139 m
Type
Peak
Coordinates
45.861, 6.951

How it ranks

Among peaks in Italy
#24of 602
LargestSmallest
In the Mont Blanc massif
#8of 50
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,408of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Aiguille de Rochefort4,001 m0.7 km
Les Grandes Jorasses4,208 m3.0 km
La Tour Ronde3,792 m3.9 km
Aiguille du Plan3,673 m4.7 km
Mont Blanc du Tacul4,248 m4.9 km
Aiguille de Leschaux3,759 m5.2 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Dent du Géant.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SallanchesFrance16,72526 km
Martigny-VilleSwitzerland18,30129 km
AostaItaly35,26132 km
ClusesFrance19,78937 km
MontheySwitzerland17,77744 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.