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Mountain · Switzerland · Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group

Eiger

Elevation
3,967 m
#1,487
in the world
#51
in Switzerland
361 m
prominence

Eiger is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 3,967 m, the 51st highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group.

Isolation
2.2 km
To the nearest higher ground
Range
#8 in the range
Nearest town
35 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Eiger

Eiger lies in Switzerland, in Bern.

Key facts

Elevation
3,967 m (13,015 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
361 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Bern
Coordinates
46.578, 8.005

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#51of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group
#8of 22
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,487of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mönch4,106 m2.2 km
Trugberg3,932 m3.5 km
Schneehoren3,400 m4.6 km
Lauberhorn2,472 m4.7 km
Tschuggen2,521 m5.0 km
Grosses Fiescherhorn4,048 m5.2 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Eiger.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
ThunSwitzerland43,72335 km
SteffisburgSwitzerland15,70936 km
SierreSwitzerland16,79048 km
KriensSwitzerland25,01055 km
DomodossolaItaly17,77856 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.