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Dents de Morcles

2,969 m9,741 ft

Prominence: 480 m1,575 ft
Isolation: 5.6 km
Tonight: -11°CSnow · Wind 4 km/h NW

Dents de Morcles is a 2,969 m (9,741 ft) mountain in the Vaud Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,969 m · 9,741 ft
Nearest higher peak: Grand Muveran (3,051 m)
Range: Vaud Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Spanish name: Dent de Morcles
Coordinates: 46.1990° N, 7.0762° E

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3D map

Dents de Morcles 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Dents de Morcles 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.

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Dents de Morcles elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Dents de Morcles weather

Tonight · Snow · -11°C (12°F) · 2.5 mm · Wind 4 km/h NW

Dents de Morcles forecast for the summit, about 2,969 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 469 m.

Tonight-11°2.5 mm4 km/h NWBase 4°
Today-11°-8°11.2 mm8 km/h EBase 4 / 7°
Sun-14°-3°14.9 mm6 km/h NEBase 1 / 12°
Mon-13°0°–5 km/h NEBase 2 / 15°
Tue-6°7°–2 km/h NEBase 9 / 22°
Wed-5°3°0.1 mm4 km/h NWBase 10 / 18°
Thu-8°3°–3 km/h NWBase 7 / 18°
Fri-8°4°–5 km/h NWBase 7 / 19°
Sat-9°2°0.6 mm5 km/h NWBase 6 / 17°
Sun-8°-3°3.4 mm5 km/h NWBase 7 / 12°

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.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

8.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.5%

Steep, 30–45°

45.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.0%

Steeper than 30°: 58.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,461 m low point 469 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 38.0%Trees 30.2%Bare rock / sparse 25.2%Snow & ice 3.6%Moss & lichen 2.0%Water 1.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Dents de Morcles summit.

Summit list 7

1Pointe du Grand Cor2,837 m 0.5 km S
2Roc Champion2,747 m 0.7 km NW
3Pointe de la Grande Vire2,790 m 1.0 km SSE
4Tête Noire2,871 m 1.0 km ENE
5Tita Sèri2,850 m 1.4 km E
6Dent Favre2,917 m 2.5 km ENE
7Six du Doe2,722 m 2.7 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 205 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Green-winged orchid95
Alpine Ibex23
Alpine Marmot7
Alpine Aster7
Alpine Salamander6
Purple Gentian6

Where it sits

Where Dents de Morcles sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Le ChamossairePeak · 2,113 m14 km N

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

39 m low This 3D map reads 2,930 m at the summit; the official height is 2,969 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 49 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,969 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,930 m	-39 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,920 m	-49 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)
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