Key facts
- Elevation
- 4,173 m (13,691 ft)
- Prominence
- 704 m (2,310 ft)
- Parent peak
- Matterhorn
- Isolation
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi)
- Location
- Aosta Valley , Italy / Valais , Switzerland
- Parent range
- Pennine Alps
- First ascent
- 12 August 1863 by Florence Crauford Grove , William Edward Hall, Reginald Somerled Macdonald, Montagu Woodmass, Melchior Anderegg, Jean-Pierre Cachat and Peter Perren
- Easiest route
- South-west flank and west ridge from Aosta hut ( PD+ )
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Encyclopedic overview
The Dent d'Hérens (4,173 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The mountain lies a few kilometres west of the Matterhorn.
Notable summits along the east ridge are Punta Bianca (3917 m), the prominent Punta Carrel (3841 m) with its subpeak Punta Maquignaz, and the significant Punta Maria Cristina (3703 m).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dent d'Hérens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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