Mountain · Dinkelberg · Canton of Basel-Stadt

St. Chrischona

522 m1,713 ft

Prominence: 91 m298 ft
Isolation: 7.6 km
Tonight: 4°CRain showers · Wind 21 km/h W

St. Chrischona is a 522 m (1,713 ft) mountain in the Dinkelberg, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 522 m · 1,713 ft
Nearest higher peak: Gempenplateau (753 m)
Range: Dinkelberg
Region: Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.5729° N, 7.6807° E

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3D map

St. Chrischona 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

St. Chrischona terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

St. Chrischona elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

St. Chrischona weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 4°C (39°F) · 2.3 mm · Wind 21 km/h W

St. Chrischona forecast for the summit, about 522 m.

Tonight4°2.3 mm21 km/h W
Today4°9°6.4 mm33 km/h S
Sun5°12°9.3 mm33 km/h S
Mon5°11°–6 km/h E
Tue6°17°1.8 mm7 km/h E
Wed6°12°0.4 mm9 km/h N
Thu2°12°–5 km/h W
Fri1°11°–4 km/h E
Sat2°9°1.4 mm5 km/h E
Sun2°9°6.4 mm16 km/h W

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.

Mostly gentle: 76% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

76.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

20.5%

Steep, 30–45°

3.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 3.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 294 m low point 251 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 63.3%Grassland 16.9%Built-up 11.3%Cropland 7.4%Water 1.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,750 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Hebrew Character333
Common Quaker240
Setaceous Hebrew Character187
Heart and Dart170
Coronet127
The White-Point127

Where it sits

Where St. Chrischona sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SchauinslandPeak · 1,284 m41 km NNE

Downloads

St. Chrischona downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGSt. Chrischona satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 525 m at the summit; the official height is 522 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	522 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	525 m	+3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	518 m	-4 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 · Wikipedia