List of most-isolated mountains of Switzerland explained

This is a list of the most topographically isolated mountains of Switzerland. This list only includes summits with an isolation of at least 10km (10miles), regardless of their elevation or topographical prominence (drop). For a general list of mountains, with height and prominence ranking, see List of mountains of Switzerland.

The list includes all eight ultra-prominent peaks of Switzerland as well as several canton high points.

List

Rank	Mountain^[1]	Height (m)	Isolation (km)	Drop (m)	Coordinates	Range	Canton(s)
1	Piz Bernina	4048	137.8	2236		Bernina Range	Graubünden
2	Monte Rosa	4634	78.3	2165		Pennine Alps	Valais
3	Finsteraarhorn	4274	51.7	2279		Bernese Alps	Bern/Valais
4	Chasseral	1606	49.5	666		Jura Mountains	Bern
5	Tödi	3614	42.1	1570		Glarus Alps	Glarus/Graubünden
6	Mont Tendre	1679	38.7	451		Jura Mountains	Vaud
7	Rheinwaldhorn	3402	35.1	1337		Lepontine Alps	Graubünden/Ticino
8	Le Chasseron	1607	32.0	590		Jura Mountains	Vaud
9	Schesaplana	2964	30.3	826		Rätikon	Graubünden
10	Ringelspitz	3248	29.8	844		Glarus Alps	Graubünden/St. Gallen
11	Hasenmatt	1445	29.6	618		Jura Mountains	Solothurn
12	Grand Combin	4309	26.4	1512		Pennine Alps	Valais
13	Säntis	2502	25.7	2021		Appenzell Alps	Appenzell A./Appenzell I./St. Gallen
14	Piz Linard	3410	24.9	1027		Silvretta Alps	Graubünden
15	Piz Kesch	3418	22.9	1503		Albula Alps	Graubünden
16	Wildhorn	3250	22.9	981		Bernese Alps	Bern/Valais
17	Dammastock	3630	21.6	1466		Uri Alps	Bern/Uri
18	Piz Sesvenna	3204	21.5	1055		Sesvenna Alps	Graubünden
19	Dents du Midi	3257	19.0	1796		Chablais Alps	Valais
20	Cornettes de Bise	2432	18.2	1063		Chablais Alps	Valais
21	Pizzo Campo Tencia	3072	17.5	754		Lepontine Alps	Ticino
22	Pizzo Tambo	3279	16.9	1164		Oberhalbstein Alps	Graubünden
23	Dom	4546	16.8	1047		Pennine Alps	Valais
24	Pilatus	2128	16.7	585		Emmental Alps	Nidwalden/Obwalden
25	Piz Calderas	3397	16.5	1085		Albula Alps	Graubünden
26	Lägern	866	16.4	425		Jura Mountains	Zurich
27	Lindenberg	878	16.3	358		Lindenberg	Lucerne
28	Seerücken (Büürer Holz)	721	16.1	268		Seerücken	Thurgau
29	Fluchthorn	3396	15.6	646		Silvretta Alps	Graubünden
30	Piz Medel	3210	15.4	942		Lepontine Alps	Graubünden/Ticino
31	Piz Murtaröl	3180	15.1	679		Ortler Alps	Graubünden
32	Le Soliat	1464	14.9	204		Jura Mountains	Neuchâtel
33	Irchel	694	14.9	260		Jura Mountains	Zurich
34	Gridone	2188	14.4	1218		Lepontine Alps	Ticino
35	Monte Generoso	1701	14.4	1321		Lugano Prealps	Ticino
36	Diablerets	3216	14.3	974		Bernese Alps	Valais/Vaud
37	Glärnisch	2915	14.3	967		Schwyz Alps	Glarus
38	La Dôle	1677	13.9	355		Jura Mountains	Vaud
39	Matterhorn	4478	13.8	1043		Pennine Alps	Valais
40	Bruschghorn	3056	13.8	577		Lepontine Alps	Graubünden
41	Chutzen	820	13.6	261		Chutzen	Bern
42	Aroser Rothorn	2980	13.5	1349		Plessur Alps	Graubünden
43	Bietschhorn	3934	13.4	807		Bernese Alps	Valais
44	Monte Tamaro	1962	13.3	1408		Lugano Prealps	Ticino
45	Rigi	1797	13.1	1288		Schwyz Alps	Schwyz
46	Aletschhorn	4194	12.9	1043		Bernese Alps	Valais
47	Blinnenhorn	3374	12.8	945		Lepontine Alps	Valais
48	Oberalpstock	3328	12.7	709		Glarus Alps	Graubünden/Uri
49	Balmhorn	3697	12.3	1020		Bernese Alps	Bern/Valais
50	Schafberg	2239	11.8	735		Bernese Alps	Bern/Fribourg
51	Monte Leone	3553	11.7	1144		Lepontine Alps	Valais
52	Piz Platta	3392	11.7	1108		Oberhalbstein Alps	Graubünden
53	Muttler	3293	11.5	703		Samnaun Alps	Graubünden
54	Weissfluh	2843	11.5	497		Plessur Alps	Graubünden
55	Gamsberg	2385	11.5	1358		Appenzell Alps	St. Gallen
56	Weisshorn	4505	11.0	1234		Pennine Alps	Valais
57	Weissmies	4013	11.0	1183		Pennine Alps	Valais
58	Bürglen (Albis)	915	11.0	375		Albis	Zurich
59	Basòdino	3273	10.9	960		Lepontine Alps	Ticino
60	Mont Racine	1439	10.8	319		Jura Mountains	Neuchâtel
61	Napf	1408	10.5	552		Emmental Alps	Bern/Lucerne
62	Piz Quattervals	3165	10.4	471		Livigno Alps	Graubünden
63	Vanil Noir	2389	10.4	1110		Bernese Alps	Fribourg/Vaud
64	Piz Pisoc	3173	10.3	922		Sesvenna Alps	Graubünden
64	Pizzo Paglia	2593	10.3	498		Lepontine Alps	Graubünden
66	Montagne du Château	929	10.3	249		Jorat	Vaud
67	Mont Vully	653	10.3	173		Mont Vully	Fribourg
68	Piz Timun	3209	10.2	823		Oberhalbstein Alps	Graubünden
69	Pizzo Rotondo	3192	10.0	752		Lepontine Alps	Ticino/Valais

External links

• Directory of the mountains of Switzerland, including topographic isolation and prominence

Notes and References

1. All mountain heights and prominences are from the 1:25,000 Swisstopo topographic maps. Topographic isolations were retrieved from the Google Earth geographical information program.