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Grand Ballon

Elevation
1,424 m
#11,622
in the world
#282
in France
1,081 m
prominence

Grand Ballon is a mountain in France, rising to 1,424 m, the 282nd highest in France, part of the Higher Vosges.

Elevation
1,424 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,081 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
67 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#11,622
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Grand Ballon

Grand Ballon lies in France, in Grand Est.

Key facts

Elevation
1,424 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,081 m
Isolation
67 km
Type
Mountain
Region
Grand Est
Coordinates
47.901, 7.099

How it ranks

Among peaks in France
#282of 320
LargestSmallest
In the Higher Vosges
#1of 6
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#11,622of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Le Storkenkopf1,366 m1.3 km
Le Klintzkopf1,330 m6.2 km
Le Lauchenkopf1,314 m7.6 km
Le Petit Ballon1,272 m9.1 km
Batteriekopf1,311 m14 km
Rothenbachkopf1,316 m14 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Grand Ballon.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
WittenheimFrance15,74720 km
IllzachFrance15,45724 km
MulhouseFrance111,43024 km
ColmarFrance65,40528 km
BelfortFrance54,56234 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.