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The Horn

1,723 m5,653 ft
Prominence
727 m2,384 ft
Isolation
35 km
Tonight
7°CRain showers · Wind 13 km/h N

The Horn is a 1,723 m (5,653 ft) summit in the Victorian Alps, Victoria, Australia.

All facts
Elevation
1,723 m · 5,653 ft
Nearest higher peak
Mount Feathertop (1,922 m)
Range
Victorian Alps
Region
Victoria, Australia
Coordinates
36.7765° S, 146.7674° E
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3D map

The Horn 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7 × 7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

The Horn 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

The Horn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

The Horn weather

Today · Rain showers at night · 7 / 18°C (45 / 64°F) · 12.4 mm · Wind 13 km/h N

The Horn forecast for the summit, about 1,723 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 445 m.

  • Today7°18°12.4 mm13 km/h NBase 15 / 26°
  • Sun-3°11°58.4 mm20 km/h NWBase 5 / 19°
  • Mon-2°7°1.2 mm16 km/h WBase 6 / 15°
  • Tue-3°5°–13 km/h SWBase 5 / 13°
  • Wed0°10°–9 km/h WBase 7 / 18°
  • Thu4°13°–10 km/h NWBase 11 / 21°
  • Fri5°11°12.5 mm11 km/h NBase 13 / 18°
  • Sat0°9°4.2 mm11 km/h SWBase 8 / 17°
  • Sun-3°8°–12 km/h SBase 5 / 16°
  • Mon5°12°–11 km/h NBase 12 / 19°

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

Slope

Share of the 7 × 7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
27.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
51.3%
Steep, 30–45°
21.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
21.4% of the 49 km² view
Relief in view
1,259 m low point 445 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 89.1%Grassland 10.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.5 km, measured from the The Horn summit.

NESW2 km5 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Wilfreds Hill1,639 m 0.8 km NW
  2. 2Big Gun Hill1,540 m 1.2 km NE
  3. 3Split Peak1,612 m 1.9 km NNE
  4. 4The Hump1,695 m 2.7 km NE
  5. 5Macs Point1,450 m 3.2 km N
  6. 6The Castle1,620 m 3.4 km NE
  7. 7La Souef1,695 m 3.4 km NE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 320 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Alpine shaggy-pea50
  • Ivy Goodenia48
  • Royal grevillea42
  • Alpine Boronia41
  • Mauve leek orchid41
  • Alpine Everlasting39
Where it sits

Where The Horn sits

Range
Great Dividing Range31Australian Alps14Victorian Alps4
Region
Victoria41Australia156Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

19 m low This 3D map reads 1,704 m at the summit; the official height is 1,723 m.Official 1,723 m90 m model 1,694 mThis map 1,704 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)1,723 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)1,704 m-19 m
Copernicus GLO-901,694 m-29 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 2026-01-26)
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