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UIAA 4,000ers of the

MOUNTAIN CLASSIFICATION: 4,000ERS OF THE ALPS.

In March 1994, the UIAA Bulletin published - in collaboration with the (CAI) - an official list of the 82 Alpine higher than 4,000m.

Peak Altitude Group Country

France/ 1 4,808.73[5] Mont Blanc Group

France/ 2 Mont Blanc de 4,748 Mont Blanc Group Italy

3 4,634

Italy/ 4 4,609 Monte Rosa Massif Switzerland

Italy/ 5 4,563 Monte Rosa Massif Switzerland

Italy/ 6 4,554 Monte Rosa Massif Switzerland

7 4,545 Mischabel Group Switzerland

Liskamm Italy/ 8 4,527 Wallis Alps (Eastern ) Switzerland

9 4,505 Wallis Alps Switzerland

10 Täschhorn 4,491 Mischabel Group Switzerland

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Liskamm Italy/ 11 4,479 Wallis Alps (Western Summit) Switzerland

Italy/ 12 4,478 Wallis Alps Switzerland

13 4,469 Mont Blanc Group Italy

France/ 14 4,465 Mont Blanc Group Italy

Italy/ 15 4,432 Monte Rosa Massif Switzerland

16 4,357 Wallis Alps Switzerland

Italy/ 17 Ludwigshöhe 4,341 Monte Rosa Massif Switzerland

18 4,327 Mischabel Group Switzerland

Schwarzhorn 19 4,322 Monte Rosa Massif Italy (Corno Nero)

Grand Combin 20 4,314 Wallis Alps Switzerland (Grafeneire)

21 Dôme du Goûter 4,304 Mont Blanc Group France

22 4,294 Mischabel Group Switzerland

23 4,274 Switzerland

24 4,248 Mont Blanc Group France

25 Grand Pilier d’Angle 4,243 Mont Blanc Group Italy

26 4,241 Mischabel Group Switzerland

Italy/ 27 4,223 Wallis Alps Switzerland

28 4,221 Wallis Alps Switzerland

29 4,219 Mischabel Group Switzerland

30 4,215 Monte Rosa Massif Italy

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Grandes Jorasses France/ 31 4,208 Mont Blanc Group (Pointe Walker) Italy

32 4,206 Mischabel Group Switzerland

33 4,199 Mischabel Group Switzerland

34 4,193 Bernese Alps Switzerland

35 4,190 Mischabel Group Switzerland

Grand Combin 36 4,184 Wallis Alps Switzerland (Valsorey)

Grandes Jorasses France/ 37 4,184 Mont Blanc Group (Pointe Whymper) Italy

Italy/ 38 Dent d’Hérens 4,171 Wallis Alps Switzerland

Breithorn Italy/ 39 4,164 Wallis Alps (Western Summit) Switzerland

Breithorn Italy/ 40 4,159 Wallis Alps (Central Summit) Switzerland

41 4,158 Bernese Alps Switzerland

42 4,153 Wallis Alps Switzerland

Breithorn Italy/ 43 (Eastern Summit/ western 4,139 Wallis Alps Switzerland Twin Peak)

Grand Combin 44 4,135 Wallis Alps Switzerland (Tsessette)

45 4,122 Mont Blanc Group France

Aiguilles du Diable 46 4,114 Mont Blanc Group France (L’Isolée)

Aiguille Blanche de 47 4,112 Mont Blanc Group Italy Peuterey

48 Grandes Jorasses 4,110 Mont Blanc Group France/

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(Pointe Croz) Italy

Aiguilles du Diable 49 4,109 Mont Blanc Group France (Pointe Carmen)

50 Mönch 4,107 Bernese Alps Switzerland

Breithorn Italy/ 51 (Gendarm/ eastern Twin 4,106 Wallis Alps Switzerland Peak)

52 4,102 Mont Blanc Group France

53 4,102 Pelvoux France

Aiguilles du Diable 54 4,097 Mont Blanc Group France (Pointe Médiane)

Italy/ 55 4,092 Wallis Alps Switzerland

56 4,078 Bernese Alps Switzerland

Breithorn Italy/ 57 4,075 Wallis Alps (Roccia Nera) Switzerland

Aiguilles du Diable 58 4,074 Mont Blanc Group France (Pointe Chaubert)

59 4,069 Mont Blanc Group France

Grandes Jorasses France/ 60 4,065 Mont Blanc Group (Pointe Marguerite) Italy

Aiguilles du Diable 61 4,064 Mont Blanc Group France (Corne du Diable)

62 4,063 Wallis Alps Switzerland

63 4,061 Italy

France/ 64 4,052 Mont Blanc Group Italy

65 4,049 Bernina Group Switzerland

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66 Gross Fiescherhorn 4,049 Bernese Alps Switzerland

Vincent Pyramid

67 (Punta 4,046 Monte Rosa Massif Italy Giordani/Giordanispetz)

Grandes Jorasses France/ 68 4,045 Mont Blanc Group (Pointe Elena) Italy

69 Grünhorn 4,044 Bernese Alps Switzerland

70 4,042 Bernese Alps Switzerland

71 4,035 Mont Blanc Group France

72 Dürrenhorn 4,035 Mischabel Group Switzerland

73 4,027 Wallis Alps Switzerland

74 Hinter Fiescherhorn 4,025 Bernese Alps Switzerland

75 4,017 Wallis Alps Switzerland

France/ 76 Dôme de Rochefort 4,015 Mont Blanc Group Italy

Barre des Écrins 77 4,015 Pelvoux France (Dôme de Neige)

France/ 78 Dent du Géant 4,013 Mont Blanc Group Italy

79 4,013 Mont Blanc Group Italy

80 4,010 Wallis Alps Switzerland

France/ 81 4,001 Mont Blanc Group Italy

82 4,000 Mont Blanc Group France

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Note: An extended list includes 46 ‘lesser summits’. These exceptions regard mainly secondary summits or gendarmes which, even though they satisfy the topographic criterium, are part of other, well defined main summits, like the Grand Gerndarme of the Weissorn, or are of little significance like the nose of the . All other 4,000ers which do not meet the topographic criterium have been examined and considered according to the more subjective criteria (morphological, mountaineering).

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