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Hohgwächte

Elevation
3,739 m
#1,891
in the world
#95
in Switzerland
82 m
prominence

Hohgwächte is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 3,739 m, the 95th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Pennine Alps.

Range
#48 in the range
Nearest town
32 km away
Type
Peak
GeoNames feature code PK

Where it is

Hohgwächte

Hohgwächte lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
3,739 m (12,267 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
82 m
Type
Peak
Region
Valais
Coordinates
46.104, 7.841

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#95of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Pennine Alps
#48of 212
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,891of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Hobärghorn4,218 m1.4 km
Stecknadelhorn4,240 m1.7 km
Dom4,545 m1.7 km
Nadelhorn4,327 m1.9 km
Chli Dürrenhorn3,890 m2.1 km
Lenzspitze4,293 m2.1 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Hohgwächte.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SierreSwitzerland16,79032 km
DomodossolaItaly17,77835 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70840 km
AostaItaly35,26158 km
VerbaniaItaly31,07059 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.