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Pollux

4,089 m13,415 ft

Prominence: 245 m803 ft
Isolation: 0.7 km
Tonight: -19°CFog · Wind 11 km/h NW

Pollux is a 4,089 m (13,415 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Aosta Valley, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 4,089 m · 13,415 ft
Nearest higher peak: Castor (4,225 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Aosta Valley, Italy
Spanish name: Pólux
Coordinates: 45.9276° N, 7.7846° E

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3D map

Pollux 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pollux 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

Pollux elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pollux weather

Tonight · Fog · -19°C (-2°F) · Wind 11 km/h NW

Pollux forecast for the summit, about 4,089 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,506 m.

Tonight-19°–11 km/h NWBase -9°
Today-19°-14°4.4 mm16 km/h NWBase -9 / -5°
Sun-22°-8°4.8 mm12 km/h WBase -12 / 2°
Mon-18°-6°–7 km/h NBase -9 / 3°
Tue-13°-2°–5 km/h NBase -3 / 7°
Wed-15°-5°–4 km/h NBase -6 / 5°
Thu-15°-6°–3 km/h NBase -6 / 3°
Fri-17°-6°–4 km/h NWBase -7 / 3°
Sat-17°-8°1.2 mm4 km/h NWBase -8 / 2°
Sun-16°-8°0.2 mm4 km/h SWBase -6 / 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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Pollux

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pollux, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Rifugio Guide d'Ayas
1.6 km WSW · +2 more within 3.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
7.8 km SSE
+2 more within 7.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Rifugio Guide d'AyasHut	1.6 km WSW
Rifugio Ottorino MezzalamaHut	2.5 km SW
Rifugio Quintino Sella al FelikHut	3.0 km SSE
Parking	7.8 km SSE
Parking	7.9 km SSE
Parking	7.9 km SSE

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°

43.2%

Steep, 30–45°

24.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.3%

Steeper than 30°: 38.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,918 m low point 2,506 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 83.9%Bare rock / sparse 13.0%Moss & lichen 2.9%

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 Pollux summit.

Summit list 8

1Castor Nordgipfel4,205 m 0.9 km SE
2Castor4,225 m 1.0 km SE
3Breithornzwillinge4,106 m 1.4 km NW
4Eastern Breithorn4,139 m 1.7 km NW
5Felikhorn4,087 m 1.9 km SE
6Central Breithorn4,154 m 2.5 km WNW
7Liskamm westlicher Vorgipfel4,447 m 2.8 km E
8Western Lyskamm4,479 m 3.0 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 31 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Ibex3
Moss Campion3
Purple Saxifrage2
Glacier Crowfoot2
Dark Vanilla Orchid2
Yellow-billed Chough1

Where it sits

Where Pollux sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Testa Grigia / Tête grisePeak · 3,479 m6.0 km W

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

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Print & wall

JPGPollux 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?

46 m low This 3D map reads 4,043 m at the summit; the official height is 4,089 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 65 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,089 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,043 m	-46 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,024 m	-65 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

Pollux

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources