Vatican Hill, Vatican City

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Italian: Colle Vaticano Latin: Mons Vaticanus
Peak Type	Unnamed High Point
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	41° 54' 13'' N, 12° 27' 0'' E 41.903493, 12.450122 (Dec Deg) 288499 E 4642206 N, Zone 33 (UTM)
Country	Vatican City (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 166      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 153) Selected Trip Reports:      1971-08-15 by Ben Lostracco      2001-07 by Rickard Colliander      2001-08-20 by Balazs Antal      2004-03-16 by Travis Greiman      2006-03-17 by Lee Newton      2006-08-21 by Michael Vecchiarelli      2007-03-11 by Norbert Schaefer      2011-11-13 by Matthias Fieles      2012-01-28 by Andrej Gerber      2012-10-11 by Lyngve Skrede      2012-11-15 by Caj Svensson      2013-01-26 by Mark McAllister      2016-06-02 by Martin Friedrich      2016-06-11 by Dennis Stewart (Unsuccessful)      2016-09-17 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)      2016-10-03 by Christoph Winkler      2016-12-09 by Lee Humphries      2018-08-05 by Mario Chamberland      2018-08-09 by Brian Hutchins      2019-01-05 by Tom Milliard      2019-12-17 by Bill Hughes      2022-09-06 by James Barlow      2023-01-17 by Brendan Barrett
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Vatican Hill      Elevation Ladder from Vatican Hill      Prominence Ladder from Vatican Hill

Summit photo at 78,5 m according to writing by the door (2009-06-13). Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.
Web Map Links	Peakfinder Panorama GeoHack Links   Bing Maps   Google Maps   Open Street Map
Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 13 m/43 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 13 m/43 ft   Key Col: Aurelio - Via Innocenzo VIII    65 m/213 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 1.46 km/0.91 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 41.916478, 12.447462 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Monte Mario  (N)
Ranges	Continent: Europe Range2: Italian Peninsula and Islands Range3: Western Italy
Drainage Basins	Tiber Tyrrhenian Sea Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Highest point in the Vatican (2016-12-09). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.

The HP is just right there!! (2018-08-05). Photo by Mario Chamberland. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mons Vaticanus (2021-05-28). Photo by Jan Matiášek. Click here for larger-size photo.

As there isn't any real peak the Swiss guard is at least a colorful alternative (2007-03-15). Photo by Norbert Schaefer. Click here for larger-size photo.

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