Jägerhorn
The Jägerhorn is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is the northernmost summit of Monte Rosa, at a height of 3,970 metres above sea level, and overlooks the village of Macugnaga on its east side, 2,600 metres below.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,970 metres
- Description: mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy
- Also known as: “Jaegerhorn” and “Jagerhorn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dufourspitze and Nordend.
Dufourspitze
Peak
Photo: TobiasBender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after Mont Blanc.
Nordend
Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
Nordend is a northern peak of the Monte Rosa Massif. Nordend is the fourth highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze, the Dunantspitze and the Grenzgipfel.
Dunantspitze
Peak
Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dunantspitze, formerly called Ostspitze, is a peak of the Monte Rosa Massif in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the second highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze and the second highest summit in Switzerland, but its prominence is only about 15 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quarazza and Motta.
Quarazza
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quarazza is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km east of Jägerhorn.
Motta
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motta is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Jägerhorn.
Jägerhorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Macugnaga, Verbania, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.95256° or 45° 57′ 9″ northLongitude
7.87718° or 7° 52′ 38″ eastElevation
3,970 metres (13,025 feet)Open location code
8FQ9XV3G+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 401234364OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jägerhorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ياغيرورن”
- Cebuano: “Jägerhorn (tumoy sa bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Jägerhorn”
- Chinese: “耶格峰”
- Dutch: “Jagerhorn”
- Dutch: “Jägerhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ياجيرورن”
- Finnish: “Jägerhorn”
- French: “Jägerhorn”
- Georgian: “იეგერჰორნი”
- German: “Jägerhorn”
- Italian: “Jägerhorn”
- Ladin: “Jägerhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jägerhorn”
- Persian: “جگرهورن”
- Polish: “Jägerhorn”
- Spanish: “Jägehorn”
- Venetian: “Jägerhorn”
- Western Panjabi: “جاگرہارن”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bivacco Città di Gallarate and Jägerjoch.
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