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Gonzen

1,830 m6,004 ft

Prominence: 119 m389 ft
Isolation: 2.4 km
Tonight: -3°CSnow · Wind 10 km/h SW

Gonzen is a 1,830 m (6,004 ft) mountain in the Appenzell Alps, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,830 m · 6,004 ft
Nearest higher peak: Gauschla (2,310 m)
Range: Appenzell Alps
Region: Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.0746° N, 9.4215° E

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3D map

Gonzen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gonzen 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

Gonzen elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Gonzen weather

Tonight · Snow · -3°C (27°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 10 km/h SW

Gonzen forecast for the summit, about 1,830 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 454 m.

Tonight-3°0.9 mm10 km/h SWBase 5°
Today-5°0°8.5 mm10 km/h SBase 4 / 8°
Sun-5°4°13.8 mm14 km/h WBase 4 / 12°
Mon-5°7°–5 km/h SBase 3 / 16°
Tue3°14°–3 km/h SEBase 11 / 22°
Wed2°7°3.7 mm5 km/h NBase 10 / 15°
Thu-2°7°–4 km/h NEBase 6 / 15°
Fri-4°8°–4 km/h NBase 4 / 16°
Sat-5°7°0.6 mm5 km/h NBase 3 / 15°
Sun0°1°10.0 mm4 km/h SBase 8 / 9°

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°

32.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.6%

Steep, 30–45°

22.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.2%

Steeper than 30°: 31.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,838 m low point 454 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 56.0%Grassland 36.8%Built-up 4.9%Cropland 1.9%

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 Gonzen summit.

Summit list 7

1Breiter Turm1,509 m 1.3 km SE
2Annegrethli1,450 m 1.4 km SSE
3Ghutlet Gonzen1,413 m 1.4 km SSE
4Runenberg1,551 m 2.4 km NW
5Tierget510 m 2.5 km WSW
6Girenspitz2,163 m 2.6 km N
7Flidachöpf1,820 m 2.8 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 338 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Wall Lizard7
Ivy-leaved toadflax5
Old World Swallowtail5
Common Slowworm5
Fringed Pink5
Liverleaf5

Where it sits

Where Gonzen sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

GorfionPeak · 2,308 m15 km E

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Print & wall

JPGGonzen 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?

29 m high This 3D map reads 1,859 m at the summit; the official height is 1,830 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,830 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,859 m	+29 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,855 m	+25 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)
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