Skip to content
World Measure
The almanac of the measured world240 countries · 31,365 cities · 14,627 peaks
Peak · Switzerland · Lepontine Alps

Piz Alv

Elevation
2,769 m
#5,066
in the world
#755
in Switzerland
100 m
prominence

Piz Alv is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 2,769 m, the 755th highest in Switzerland, part of the Lepontine Alps.

Elevation
2,769 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
100 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
0.8 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#5,066
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Piz Alv

Piz Alv lies in Switzerland, in Ticino.

Key facts

Elevation
2,769 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
100 m
Isolation
0.8 km
Type
Peak
Region
Ticino
Coordinates
46.579, 8.679

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#755of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Lepontine Alps
#46of 99
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#5,066of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Piz Ravetsch3,006 m2.0 km
Pizzo Taneda2,667 m2.9 km
Piz Alpetta2,844 m3.2 km
Piz Nair2,764 m3.4 km
Piz Denter2,956 m3.4 km
Piz Blas3,019 m3.8 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Piz Alv.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
LocarnoSwitzerland15,82446 km
SchwyzSwitzerland15,18149 km
BellinzonaSwitzerland43,22050 km
KriensSwitzerland25,01059 km
DomodossolaItaly17,77859 km

Explore

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.