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Breithorn, Italy/Switzerland

Prominence: 438 m, 1437 ft

Elevation: 4164 meters, 13,661 feet

True Isolation: 4.04 km, 2.51 mi

Subpeaks	Breithorn - Central Summit (4159 m/13,645 ft) Breithorn - Eastern Summit (4139 m/13,579 ft) Roccia Nera (4075 m/13,369 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	45° 56' 28'' N, 7° 44' 52'' E 45.941014, 7.747714 (Dec Deg) 402930 E 5088256 N, Zone 32 (UTM)
Country	Italy Switzerland
State/Province	Valle d’Aosta Valais
County/Second Level Region	Aosta Visp
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 192 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 174) Selected Trip Reports: 1952-08-28 by Frederick Johnson 1983-08-13 by Peter Bellarby 1988-08-15 by Keith Anderson 1990 by David Frahm 1997-08-16 by Peter Bellarby 1999-08-11 by Rob Woodall 2005 by Dmitri Akatov 2009-09-07 by Caj Svensson 2011-08-03 by Matthias Ihl 2012-07-23 by Adam Walker 2012-08-09 by Caj Svensson (GPS Track) 2014-07-14 by Mark McAllister 2015-07-11 by Aaron Kissel 2016-06-14 by Christopher Czaplicki 2017-09-06 by Alfred E Neuman 2020-07-02 by Dariusz Komejko 2020-09-17 by Ruud van den Boom (GPS Track) 2021-08-13 by Alfred E Neuman 2021-09-30 by Kristie Drawe 2022-08-14 by Alfred E Neuman
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Breithorn (L) and Matterhorn (R) from Monte Rosa at sunrise (2010-07-31). Photo by Robert Garneau.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 438 m/1437 ft
  Optimistic Prominence: 438 m/1437 ft
  Line Parent: Castor
  Key Col: Schwarztor    3726 m/12,224 ft

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 4.04 km/2.51 mi
   Isolation Limit Point: 45.9225, 7.7925
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Castor  (ESE)

Ranges

Continent: Europe
Range2: Alps
Range3: Southern Alps
Range4: Pennine Alps
Range5: Southeast Zermatt Area
Range6: Liskamm Group

Ridges/Divides

Western Pyrennes Crest

Drainage Basins

Rhone
Gulf of Lion
Western Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean

Po
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean

Data Source

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