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Piz Forbesch

Elevation
3,262 m
#3,052
in the world
#255
in Switzerland
604 m
prominence

Piz Forbesch is a peak in Switzerland, rising to 3,262 m, the 255th highest in Switzerland, part of the Oberhalbstein Alps.

Elevation
3,262 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
604 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
3.6 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#3,052
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Piz Forbesch

Piz Forbesch lies in Switzerland, in Grisons.

Key facts

Elevation
3,262 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
604 m
Isolation
3.6 km
Type
Peak
Region
Grisons
Coordinates
46.520, 9.559

How it ranks

Among peaks in Switzerland
#255of 1,296
LargestSmallest
In the Oberhalbstein Alps
#2of 30
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#3,052of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Piz Arblatsch3,203 m2.2 km
Piz Mez2,717 m2.6 km
Piz Platta3,391 m3.7 km
Usser Wissberg3,053 m4.2 km
Piz Arlos2,696 m4.7 km
Piz Alv2,854 m5.1 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Piz Forbesch.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
ChurSwitzerland35,37337 km
SondrioItaly19,20846 km
BellinzonaSwitzerland43,22055 km
LocarnoSwitzerland15,82470 km
LuganoSwitzerland63,18573 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.