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Dent d'Hérens

4,173 m13,691 ft

Prominence: 734 m2,407 ft
Isolation: 3.8 km
Tonight: -20°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h N

Dent d'Hérens is a 4,173 m (13,691 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 4,173 m · 13,691 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pic Tyndall (4,241 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Italy
Coordinates: 45.9701° N, 7.6029° E

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3D map

Dent d'Hérens 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Dent d'Hérens terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Dent d'Hérens elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Dent d'Hérens weather

Tonight · Snow · -20°C (-4°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 11 km/h N

Dent d'Hérens forecast for the summit, about 4,173 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,031 m.

Tonight-20°1.0 mm11 km/h NBase -7°
Today-20°-17°10.7 mm8 km/h NBase -7 / -4°
Sun-23°-7°10.9 mm12 km/h NWBase -10 / 6°
Mon-16°-9°–8 km/h NWBase -3 / 4°
Tue-12°-3°–6 km/h NBase 1 / 10°
Wed-15°-8°–6 km/h NBase -2 / 5°
Thu-16°-8°–5 km/h NBase -3 / 5°
Fri-17°-10°–5 km/h NWBase -5 / 3°
Sat-19°-12°3.4 mm5 km/h NWBase -6 / 1°
Sun-18°-10°0.5 mm6 km/h NWBase -5 / 3°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

25.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.3%

Steep, 30–45°

23.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

17.1%

Steeper than 30°: 40.7% of the 46 km² view
Relief in view: 1,972 m low point 2,031 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 61.3%Bare rock / sparse 25.0%Grassland 8.8%Moss & lichen 4.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.4 km, measured from the Dent d'Hérens summit.

Summit list 9

1Punta Bianca3,918 m 0.8 km E
2Pointe Carrel3,841 m 1.0 km E
3Punta Maquignaz3,801 m 1.1 km E
4Tête de Valpelline3,802 m 1.7 km WNW
5Punta dei Cors3,849 m 2.3 km S
6Punta Lioy3,816 m 2.6 km S
7Punta Giordano3,878 m 2.8 km S
8Testa del Leone3,715 m 3.2 km E
9Becca di Guin3,802 m 3.3 km SSW

Where it sits

Where Dent d'Hérens sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGDent d'Hérens satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

170 m low This 3D map reads 4,003 m at the summit; the official height is 4,173 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 183 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,173 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,003 m	-170 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,990 m	-183 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia