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Jakobshorn

2,590 m8,497 ft

Prominence: 51 m166 ft
Isolation: 0.5 km
Tonight: -8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h SE

Jakobshorn is a 2,590 m (8,497 ft) mountain in the Albula Alps, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,590 m · 8,497 ft
Nearest higher peak: Wuosthorn (2,815 m)
Range: Albula Alps
Region: Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.7724° N, 9.8496° E

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3D map

Jakobshorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Jakobshorn terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Jakobshorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Jakobshorn weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -8°C (18°F) · 1.1 mm · Wind 5 km/h SE

Jakobshorn forecast for the summit, about 2,590 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,515 m.

Tonight-8°1.1 mm5 km/h SEBase -2°
Today-8°-5°3.1 mm9 km/h NWBase -2 / 1°
Sun-10°1°4.6 mm9 km/h SBase -3 / 7°
Mon-11°2°–7 km/h SEBase -5 / 8°
Tue-1°7°–2 km/h SEBase 5 / 14°
Wed-2°3°0.7 mm6 km/h NBase 4 / 10°
Thu-4°2°–4 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
Fri-5°2°–4 km/h NWBase 2 / 8°
Sat-6°0°0.6 mm4 km/h NWBase 0 / 6°
Sun-5°-2°2.7 mm3 km/h SBase 2 / 4°

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°

18.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

51.1%

Steep, 30–45°

29.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.9%

Steeper than 30°: 30.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,159 m low point 1,515 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 54.4%Trees 37.5%Moss & lichen 4.1%Built-up 2.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.3%

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 Jakobshorn summit.

Summit list 4

1Brämabüel2,492 m 0.9 km N
2Jatzhorn2,682 m 1.1 km SE
3Rossboden2,601 m 2.1 km SE
4Witihüreli2,635 m 2.6 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 302 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Rusty-leaved Alpenrose10
Bearded Bellflower8
Wood crane's-bill8
Globe-headed Rampion7
Spotted gentian7
Red Fox6

Where it sits

Where Jakobshorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Flüela WisshornPeak · 3,085 m9.0 km E

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Print & wall

JPGJakobshorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,583 m at the summit; the official height is 2,590 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,590 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,583 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,572 m	-18 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 2026-09-27)
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