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Mountain · Piambello-Campo dei Fiori-Nudo · Lombardy

Sasso del Ferro

1,062 m3,484 ft
Prominence
306 m1,005 ft
Isolation
2.4 km
Tonight
4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 9 km/h NW

Sasso del Ferro is a 1,062 m (3,484 ft) mountain in the Piambello-Campo dei Fiori-Nudo, Lombardy, Italy.

All facts
Elevation
1,062 m · 3,484 ft
Nearest higher peak
Monte Nudo (1,237 m)
Range
Piambello-Campo dei Fiori-Nudo
Region
Lombardy, Italy
Coordinates
45.9115° N, 8.6432° E
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3D map

Sasso del Ferro 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Sasso del Ferro 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

Sasso del Ferro elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Sasso del Ferro weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 9 km/h NW

Sasso del Ferro forecast for the summit, about 1,062 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 192 m.

  • Tonight4°–9 km/h NWBase 10°
  • Today4°11°0.2 mm12 km/h WBase 9 / 16°
  • Sun4°9°0.2 mm10 km/h NWBase 9 / 15°
  • Mon3°11°–9 km/h NWBase 9 / 16°
  • Tue4°11°–4 km/h SEBase 10 / 16°
  • Wed6°12°–4 km/h SBase 11 / 18°
  • Thu5°12°0.2 mm4 km/h SBase 10 / 17°
  • Fri6°10°0.3 mm5 km/h SEBase 12 / 15°
  • Sat6°10°0.4 mm5 km/h SEBase 11 / 15°
  • Sun6°8°3.4 mm3 km/h SEBase 11 / 13°

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

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°
45.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
26.6%
Steep, 30–45°
23.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.7%
Steeper than 30°
27.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
965 m low point 192 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 71.4%Water 16.0%Built-up 7.5%Grassland 4.8%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Sasso del Ferro summit.

NESW1 km3 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Sasso Barbè920 m 1.2 km N
  2. 2Pizzoni di Laveno1,035 m 2.3 km NE
  3. 3Monte la Crocetta1,117 m 2.7 km ENE
  4. 4Monte La Teggia1,103 m 2.7 km NE
  5. 5Monte San Clemente521 m 2.8 km S
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 698 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Stinking hellebore24
  • Common Wall Lizard16
  • Burnt-tip Orchid15
  • Great Crested Grebe13
  • Fire Salamander13
  • Marchantia paleacea13
Where it sits

Where Sasso del Ferro sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Lugano Prealps11Prealpi Varesine4
Region
Lombardy23Italy316Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Sasso del Ferro downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,060 m at the summit; the official height is 1,062 m.Official 1,062 m90 m model 1,055 mThis map 1,060 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)1,062 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)1,060 m-2 m
Copernicus GLO-901,055 m-7 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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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