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The Hillehorn (also spelled Hillenhorn) is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located between the Gantertal and the Binntal in the canton of Valais, close to the border with Italy. The main summit has an elevation of 3,181 meters, while the Italian border culminates on the secondary summit named Punta Mottiscia at 3,158 meters. Between the two peaks is the Hillejoch.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Hillehorn
Mountain.photo
Hillehorn 27.sept. 2008.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
The Hillehorn and the Hillegletscher (left: Punta Mottiscia, right: main summit)
Mountain.elevation_m
3181
Mountain.prominence_m
257
Mountain.parent_peak
Bortelhorn
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland
Mountain.location
Valais, Switzerland (mountain partially in Italy)
Mountain.range
Lepontine Alps

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The Hillehorn (also spelled Hillenhorn) is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located between the Gantertal and the Binntal in the canton of Valais, close to the border with Italy. The main summit has an elevation of 3,181 meters, while the Italian border culminates on the secondary summit named Punta Mottiscia at 3,158 meters. Between the two peaks is the Hillejoch.

==References==

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

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