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Mont Vélan

Elevation
3,725 m
#1,920
in the world
#98
in Switzerland
621 m
prominence

Mont Vélan is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 3,725 m, the 98th highest we list in Switzerland, part of the Pennine Alps.

Isolation
5.5 km
To the nearest higher ground
Range
#50 in the range
Nearest town
18 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Mont Vélan

Mont Vélan lies in Switzerland.

Key facts

Elevation
3,725 m (12,221 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
621 m
Type
Mountain
Coordinates
45.892, 7.252

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#98of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Pennine Alps
#50of 212
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,920of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mont de la Gouille3,211 m1.8 km
Petite Aiguille3,517 m5.9 km
Combin de Valsorey4,184 m6.0 km
Le Moine3,566 m6.2 km
Combin de Grafeneire4,313 m6.3 km
Mont Mort2,866 m6.5 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mont Vélan.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
AostaItaly35,26118 km
Martigny-VilleSwitzerland18,30127 km
SittenSwitzerland34,70838 km
MontheySwitzerland17,77747 km
SallanchesFrance16,72548 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.