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Geisshorn

Elevation
3,740 m
#1,889
in the world
#94
in Switzerland
158 m
prominence

Geisshorn is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 3,740 m, the 94th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group.

Range
#8 in the range
Nearest town
40 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Geisshorn

Geisshorn lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
3,740 m (12,270 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
158 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.441, 8.006

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#94of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group
#8of 26
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,889of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Rotstock3,699 m0.7 km
Grosses Fusshorn3,627 m1.3 km
Aletschhorn4,193 m2.8 km
Olmenhorn3,314 m3.8 km
Wysshorn3,545 m3.9 km
Dreieckhorn3,811 m4.3 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Geisshorn.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SierreSwitzerland16,79040 km
DomodossolaItaly17,77842 km
ThunSwitzerland43,72345 km
SteffisburgSwitzerland15,70947 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70855 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.