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Klein Matterhorn

3,883 m12,740 ft
Prominence
73 m240 ft
Isolation
1.7 km
Tonight
-17°CFog · Wind 11 km/h NW

Klein Matterhorn is a 3,883 m (12,740 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts
Elevation
3,883 m · 12,740 ft
Nearest higher peak
Breithorn (4,160 m)
Range
Pennine Alps
Region
Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates
45.9262° N, 7.7360° E
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3D map

Klein Matterhorn 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Klein Matterhorn topographic map

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

Klein Matterhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Klein Matterhorn weather

Tonight · Fog · -17°C (1°F) · Wind 11 km/h NW

Klein Matterhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,883 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,479 m.

  • Tonight-17°–11 km/h NWBase -8°
  • Today-16°-13°5.4 mm16 km/h NWBase -8 / -5°
  • Sun-21°-6°5.7 mm12 km/h NWBase -13 / 2°
  • Mon-15°-4°–8 km/h NBase -7 / 5°
  • Tue-11°0°–7 km/h NBase -2 / 8°
  • Wed-13°-2°–6 km/h NBase -5 / 6°
  • Thu-13°-4°–4 km/h NBase -4 / 4°
  • Fri-14°-4°–6 km/h NBase -6 / 4°
  • Sat-15°-6°1.3 mm6 km/h NBase -7 / 3°
  • Sun-15°-6°0.1 mm5 km/h WBase -7 / 2°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

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°
25.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
41.2%
Steep, 30–45°
22.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
10.8%
Steeper than 30°
33.7% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
1,664 m low point 2,479 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 70.8%Bare rock / sparse 22.1%Moss & lichen 5.9%Grassland 0.8%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Klein Matterhorn summit.

NESW1 km3 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Gobba di Rollin3,898 m 0.3 km SSW
  2. 2Breithorn cima oeste4,164 m 1.9 km NNE
  3. 3Central Breithorn4,154 m 2.1 km NE
  4. 4Testa Grigia / Tête grise3,479 m 2.3 km WNW
  5. 5Punta di Rollin3,296 m 2.5 km WSW
  6. 6Eastern Breithorn4,139 m 2.7 km ENE
  7. 7Breithornzwillinge4,106 m 2.9 km ENE
Where it sits

Where Klein Matterhorn sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76
Region
Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

33 m low This 3D map reads 3,850 m at the summit; the official height is 3,883 m.Official 3,883 m90 m model 3,850 mThis map 3,850 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 33 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,883 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,850 m-33 m
Copernicus GLO-903,850 m-33 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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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