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Hinteri Egg

1,169 m3,835 ft

Prominence: 154 m506 ft
Isolation: 2.0 km
Tonight: -1°CHeavy snow showers · Wind 20 km/h SW

Hinteri Egg is a 1,169 m (3,835 ft) mountain in the Jura Mountains, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,169 m · 3,835 ft
Nearest higher peak: Vogelberg (1,204 m)
Range: Jura Mountains
Region: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.3726° N, 7.7110° E

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3D map

Hinteri Egg 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hinteri Egg terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Hinteri Egg elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Hinteri Egg weather

Tonight · Heavy snow showers · -1°C (30°F) · 2.8 mm · Wind 20 km/h SW

Hinteri Egg forecast for the summit, about 1,169 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 480 m.

Tonight-1°2.8 mm20 km/h SWBase 4°
Today0°5°4.2 mm33 km/h SWBase 4 / 9°
Sun1°8°7.3 mm33 km/h SWBase 5 / 12°
Mon0°8°–6 km/h SWBase 5 / 12°
Tue3°14°0.3 mm6 km/h SWBase 7 / 18°
Wed3°7°1.1 mm11 km/h WBase 8 / 11°
Thu0°8°–10 km/h NEBase 5 / 12°
Fri-1°8°–4 km/h SEBase 3 / 12°
Sat-1°6°1.1 mm3 km/h SEBase 3 / 10°
Sun-1°5°2.9 mm17 km/h WBase 3 / 10°

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°

38.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.6%

Steep, 30–45°

18.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.9%

Steeper than 30°: 19.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 719 m low point 480 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 58.1%Grassland 38.6%Built-up 2.3%Cropland 0.9%

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 Hinteri Egg summit.

Summit list 9

1Änziane1,042 m 0.7 km N
2Vorderi Egg1,080 m 0.8 km E
3Höchi Stell1,017 m 1.0 km NE
4Schattberg1,166 m 1.7 km W
5Bürten997 m 1.8 km WNW
6Vogelberg1,204 m 2.2 km WSW
7Bilsteinberg1,123 m 2.5 km SE
8Rotisegg1,160 m 2.6 km WSW
9Hälfenbergflue966 m 2.9 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 460 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mottled Beauty41
Large Yellow Underwing24
Shears24
Green Silver-lines23
Dun-bar19
Festoon17

Where it sits

Where Hinteri Egg sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Limmat Valley43 km ENE

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Print & wall

JPGHinteri Egg 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?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,174 m at the summit; the official height is 1,169 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,169 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,174 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,166 m	-3 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: 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