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Dent de Nendaz

2,463 m8,081 ft

Prominence: 127 m415 ft
Isolation: 2.0 km
Tonight: -9°CSnow showers · Wind 6 km/h SW

Dent de Nendaz is a 2,463 m (8,081 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,463 m · 8,081 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mont Gond (Nendaz) (2,670 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.1560° N, 7.2918° E

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3D map

Dent de Nendaz 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Dent de Nendaz 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 de Nendaz elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Dent de Nendaz weather

Tonight · Snow showers · -9°C (16°F) · 2.4 mm · Wind 6 km/h SW

Dent de Nendaz forecast for the summit, about 2,463 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 597 m.

Tonight-9°2.4 mm6 km/h SWBase 2°
Today-8°-4°12.1 mm8 km/h WBase 3 / 7°
Sun-10°0°17.2 mm7 km/h WBase 1 / 11°
Mon-9°2°–4 km/h NEBase 2 / 13°
Tue-3°8°–1 km/h NEBase 8 / 19°
Wed-2°7°–3 km/h WBase 9 / 18°
Thu-4°7°–2 km/h NBase 7 / 18°
Fri-3°7°–4 km/h WBase 8 / 18°
Sat-4°5°0.5 mm5 km/h WBase 7 / 17°
Sun-4°0°3.1 mm4 km/h SWBase 7 / 11°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

12.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

47.3%

Steep, 30–45°

38.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.7%

Steeper than 30°: 40.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,044 m low point 597 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 65.1%Grassland 31.6%Built-up 2.4%Moss & lichen 0.6%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 347 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European larch14
Wood crane's-bill9
Fireweed8
Rusty-leaved Alpenrose7
Northern Nutcracker7
Large Banded Grasshopper7

Where it sits

Where Dent de Nendaz sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Haut de CryPeak · 2,969 m12 km NW

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Print & wall

JPGDent de Nendaz satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,455 m at the summit; the official height is 2,463 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,463 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,455 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,449 m	-14 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 2026-09-22)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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