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Pointe de la Plaine Morte

2,927 m9,603 ft

Prominence: 90 m295 ft
Isolation: 0.9 km
Tonight: -11°CLight snow · Wind 9 km/h W

Pointe de la Plaine Morte is a 2,927 m (9,603 ft) summit in the Wildstrubel Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,927 m · 9,603 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mont Bonvin (2,995 m)
Range: Wildstrubel Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.3707° N, 7.4868° E

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3D map

Pointe de la Plaine Morte 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pointe de la Plaine Morte 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.

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Pointe de la Plaine Morte elevation profile

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Weather

Pointe de la Plaine Morte weather

Tonight · Light snow · -11°C (12°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Pointe de la Plaine Morte forecast for the summit, about 2,927 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,582 m.

Tonight-11°0.6 mm9 km/h WBase -3°
Today-12°-8°6.6 mm14 km/h SBase -4 / 0°
Sun-17°-3°13.5 mm14 km/h SBase -9 / 6°
Mon-14°-2°–7 km/h EBase -5 / 6°
Tue-6°3°–1 km/h NBase 2 / 11°
Wed-10°0°–3 km/h NBase -1 / 8°
Thu-10°1°–1 km/h NEBase -2 / 9°
Fri-6°1°–2 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
Sat-7°0°5.4 mm5 km/h NWBase 1 / 8°
Sun-6°-4°1.3 mm2 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°

31.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

39.1%

Steep, 30–45°

25.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.9%

Steeper than 30°: 29.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,490 m low point 1,582 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 39.4%Grassland 28.1%Snow & ice 24.6%Moss & lichen 5.9%Trees 1.7%

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 Pointe de la Plaine Morte summit.

Summit list 8

1Pointe de Vatseret2,811 m 0.9 km NNW
2Tothorn2,935 m 1.0 km E
3Tubang2,826 m 1.5 km SSE
4Mont Bonvin2,995 m 1.7 km ESE
5Weisshorn2,947 m 1.8 km NW
6Rohrbachstein2,950 m 2.0 km WNW
7Gletscherhore2,943 m 2.1 km N
8Bella Lui2,548 m 2.4 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 82 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Round-leaved Pennycress6
Creeping avens6
Alpine Toadflax5
Glacier Crowfoot5
Two-flowered purple saxifrage4
Alpine Marmot3

Where it sits

Where Pointe de la Plaine Morte sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

ArpelistockPeak · 3,036 m14 km WSW

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,921 m at the summit; the official height is 2,927 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,927 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,921 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,914 m	-13 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, 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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia