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Nesthorn

3,820 m12,533 ft

Prominence: 644 m2,112 ft
Isolation: 6.1 km
Tonight: -17°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W

Nesthorn is a 3,820 m (12,533 ft) mountain in the Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,820 m · 12,533 ft
Nearest higher peak: Bietschhorn (3,934 m)
Range: Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4132° N, 7.9257° E

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3D map

Nesthorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Nesthorn 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

Nesthorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Nesthorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -17°C (1°F) · 1.1 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Nesthorn forecast for the summit, about 3,820 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,872 m.

Tonight-17°1.1 mm8 km/h WBase -5°
Today-17°-15°13.1 mm8 km/h NWBase -5 / -3°
Sun-22°-8°12.8 mm9 km/h NWBase -10 / 4°
Mon-16°-6°–5 km/h NWBase -4 / 6°
Tue-10°-1°–3 km/h NBase 2 / 11°
Wed-15°-5°–4 km/h NBase -4 / 7°
Thu-13°-4°–3 km/h NBase -2 / 8°
Fri-14°-5°–5 km/h WBase -3 / 7°
Sat-16°-6°6.9 mm6 km/h WBase -4 / 5°
Sun-14°-9°2.8 mm4 km/h WBase -2 / 3°

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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6.6 × 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°

12.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.2%

Steep, 30–45°

32.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

18.5%

Steeper than 30°: 51.2% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 1,921 m low point 1,872 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 42.7%Snow & ice 42.3%Grassland 9.6%Moss & lichen 4.8%Trees 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Nesthorn summit.

Summit list 5

1Gredetschhorli3,646 m 1.2 km W
2Unterbächhorn3,554 m 1.3 km SE
3Lonzahörner3,560 m 2.0 km NW
4Breithorn3,784 m 2.5 km WNW
5Tyfelsgrat3,621 m 3.2 km W

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 25 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough3
Edelweiss2
Spiked Bellflower2
Swiss rockjasmine2
Rock Ptarmigan1
Northern Wheatear1

Where it sits

Where Nesthorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BettmerhornPeak · 2,857 m12 km E

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Print & wall

JPGNesthorn 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?

28 m low This 3D map reads 3,792 m at the summit; the official height is 3,820 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 32 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,820 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,792 m	-28 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,788 m	-32 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