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rocher de la Tournette

4,677 m15,344 ft

Prominence: at least 2,671 m8,762 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -23°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h W

rocher de la Tournette is a 4,677 m (15,344 ft) summit in the Mont Blanc massif, Aosta Valley, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 4,677 m · 15,344 ft
Range: Mont Blanc massif
Region: Aosta Valley, Italy
Coordinates: 45.8301° N, 6.8682° E

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3D map

rocher de la Tournette 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

rocher de la Tournette terrain and contours

200 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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rocher de la Tournette elevation profile

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Weather

rocher de la Tournette weather

Tonight · Snow · -23°C (-9°F) · 4.7 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

rocher de la Tournette forecast for the summit, about 4,677 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 924 m.

Tonight-23°4.7 mm9 km/h WBase 0°
Today-23°-20°16.2 mm9 km/h NWBase 0 / 3°
Sun-25°-13°18.4 mm10 km/h NWBase -3 / 10°
Mon-20°-10°–5 km/h NWBase 3 / 13°
Tue-15°-6°–3 km/h NWBase 7 / 17°
Wed-18°-10°–3 km/h NWBase 5 / 12°
Thu-18°-9°–2 km/h WBase 4 / 13°
Fri-20°-11°–3 km/h NWBase 3 / 12°
Sat-20°-12°2.5 mm3 km/h WBase 2 / 10°
Sun-23°-14°1.3 mm5 km/h WBase -1 / 8°

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

Share of the 14.6 × 14.6 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°

14.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.1%

Steep, 30–45°

36.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

19.0%

Steeper than 30°: 55.8% of the 213 km² view
Relief in view: 3,887 m low point 924 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 45.5%Bare rock / sparse 20.9%Trees 15.2%Grassland 11.4%Moss & lichen 6.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.3 km, measured from the rocher de la Tournette summit.

Summit list 8

1Mont Blanc4,806 m 0.4 km NW
2Picco Luigi Amedeo4,469 m 0.9 km SSW
3Petite Bosse4,547 m 1.1 km WNW
4Grande Bosse4,513 m 1.2 km WNW
5Mont Maudit4,465 m 2.0 km NNE
6Pointe Mieulet4,287 m 2.2 km N
7Dôme du Goûter4,304 m 2.4 km NW
8Pointe Bayeux4,258 m 2.7 km NW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.3 km; 582 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough179
Alpine Ibex66
Fireweed31
Alpine Marmot30
Alpine willowherb29
European Common Frog26

Where it sits

Where rocher de la Tournette sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Aiguille de BionnassayPeak · 4,052 m3.9 km W

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Print & wall

JPGrocher de la Tournette 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?

46 m high This 3D map reads 4,723 m at the summit; the official height is 4,677 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,677 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,723 m	+46 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,709 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 · Wikipedia