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La Ruinette

Elevation
3,875 m
#1,643
in the world
#71
in Switzerland
860 m
prominence

La Ruinette is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 3,875 m, the 71st highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Pennine Alps.

Range
#36 in the range
Nearest town
28 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

La Ruinette

La Ruinette lies in Switzerland, in Valais.

Key facts

Elevation
3,875 m (12,713 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
860 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Valais
Coordinates
45.979, 7.400

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#71of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Pennine Alps
#36of 212
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,643of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mont Blanc de Cheilon3,870 m2.0 km
La Serpentine3,712 m2.1 km
La Luette3,548 m3.6 km
Pigne d'Arolla3,789 m4.4 km
Le Pleureur3,704 m4.8 km
La Sâle3,645 m5.4 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to La Ruinette.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
AostaItaly35,26128 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70828 km
Martigny-VilleSwitzerland18,30129 km
SierreSwitzerland16,79036 km
MontheySwitzerland17,77746 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.