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The Helsenhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Binn in the Swiss canton of Valais. With a height of 3,272 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Binntal. The border with Italy runs approximately 200 metres south-east of the summit and culminates at 3,247 metres.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Alpine three-thousanders, Italy–Switzerland border and Lepontine Alps.

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Key facts

Mountain.name
Helsenhorn
Mountain.photo
Sguardo verso Helsenhorn, Mottiscia e Hillehorn.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
View from near the Scherbadung (east side)
Mountain.elevation_m
3272
Mountain.prominence_m
586
Mountain.parent_peak
Monte Leone
Mountain.listing
Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland
Mountain.location
Valais, Switzerland (mountain partially in Italy)
Mountain.range
Lepontine Alps
Mountain.first_ascent
August 1863 by Johann Jakob Weilenmann (solo)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Country
Italy
Elevation
3272.1
Image
Helsenhorn, Mottiscia und Hillehorn.jpg
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topographic prominence
586
parent peak
Monte Leone
mountain range
Lepontine Alps
Commons category
Helsenhorn
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The Helsenhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Binn in the Swiss canton of Valais. With a height of 3,272 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Binntal. The border with Italy runs approximately 200 metres south-east of the summit and culminates at 3,247 metres.

The east side of the Helsenhorn consists of a large face overlooking the Kriegalp Pass (2,494 m). On the west side is a small glacier named Helsengletscher.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helsenhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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