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Mountain · Switzerland · Albristhorn-Männliflue-Niesengrat Group

Niesen

Elevation
2,362 m
#7,154
in the world
#993
in Switzerland
407 m
prominence

Niesen is a mountain in Switzerland, rising to 2,362 m, the 993rd highest in Switzerland, part of the Albristhorn-Männliflue-Niesengrat Group.

Elevation
2,362 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
407 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
2.3 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#7,154
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Niesen

Niesen lies in Switzerland, in Bern.

Key facts

Elevation
2,362 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
407 m
Isolation
2.3 km
Type
Mountain
Range
Albristhorn-Männliflue-Niesengrat Group
Region
Bern
Coordinates
46.646, 7.652

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#993of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Albristhorn-Männliflue-Niesengrat Group
#7of 8
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#7,154of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Fromberghore2,394 m2.3 km
Drunegalm2,408 m3.4 km
Wätterlatte2,007 m8.2 km
Gehrihore2,130 m8.6 km
Bündihore2,454 m9.3 km
Dreispitz2,520 m10 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Niesen.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
ThunSwitzerland43,72312 km
SteffisburgSwitzerland15,70915 km
KönizSwitzerland41,78436 km
BernSwitzerland121,63137 km
SierreSwitzerland16,79040 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.