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Pizzo Centrale

2,999 m9,840 ft

Prominence: 462 m1,515 ft
Isolation: 6.8 km
Tonight: -10°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h N

Pizzo Centrale is a 2,999 m (9,840 ft) mountain in the Lepontine Alps, Canton of Uri, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,999 m · 9,840 ft
Nearest higher peak: Piz Ravetsch (3,007 m)
Range: Lepontine Alps
Region: Canton of Uri, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5779° N, 8.6157° E

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3D map

Pizzo Centrale 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pizzo Centrale 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

Pizzo Centrale elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pizzo Centrale weather

Tonight · Snow · -10°C (14°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 9 km/h N

Pizzo Centrale forecast for the summit, about 2,999 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,628 m.

Tonight-10°0.4 mm9 km/h NBase -1°
Today-12°-8°9.2 mm9 km/h SBase -4 / 0°
Sun-12°-5°11.9 mm10 km/h SBase -4 / 4°
Mon-12°-1°–8 km/h NWBase -4 / 8°
Tue-8°3°–5 km/h NWBase 1 / 11°
Wed-6°-2°–5 km/h NBase 3 / 6°
Thu-10°0°–3 km/h NWBase -2 / 8°
Fri-13°-1°–4 km/h NWBase -5 / 7°
Sat-13°-2°1.4 mm6 km/h NWBase -5 / 6°
Sun-7°-4°6.0 mm4 km/h NBase 1 / 5°

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°

13.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

45.0%

Steep, 30–45°

37.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.0%

Steeper than 30°: 41.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,347 m low point 1,628 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 47.2%Bare rock / sparse 22.9%Moss & lichen 16.5%Snow & ice 11.3%Water 1.2%Trees 0.8%

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 Pizzo Centrale summit.

Summit list 7

1Rotstock2,950 m 0.6 km NNW
2Sellabödeli2,828 m 1.0 km WSW
3Pizzo Prevat2,876 m 1.2 km ESE
4Rothorn2,932 m 1.9 km N
5Chastelhorn2,973 m 2.3 km NW
6St. Annahorn2,937 m 2.4 km NNW
7Gemsstock2,961 m 2.7 km N

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 104 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Marmot31
Northern Wheatear24
Water Pipit22
Alpine Moon-daisy19
Alpine Clover12
Spiniest thistle12

Where it sits

Where Pizzo Centrale sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Pizzo LucendroPeak · 2,963 m8.5 km WSW

Pizzo Centrale downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPizzo Centrale 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?

24 m low This 3D map reads 2,975 m at the summit; the official height is 2,999 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 49 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,999 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,975 m	-24 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,951 m	-49 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