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The list contains 451 mountains with a prominence higher than 300 m, among which 24 are above 4000 m, 64 above 3500 m, 208 above 3000 m, 321 above 2500 m, 384 above 2000 m, 417 above 1500 m and 443 above 1000 m. The average and median heights are respectively 2812 and 2956 m. The great majority of the summits are located in the Alps, the other being located in the Jura Mountains. On average, each summit is the culminating point of an area corresponding to 91.5 km2.
These 451 major summits are found in 22 different cantons. Two cantons have more than 100 summits: Graubünden (152) and Valais (104), while eleven cantons have less than 10 summits. 82 of the summits are on cantonal borders. A number of mountains (e.g. Titlis, Chasseral, Lägern) straddle borders as well, but have their summit on one side of the border. In the list, only the location of the culminating point is considered.
| Canton | -999m | 1000- 1499m |
1500- 1999m |
2000- 2499m |
2500- 2999m |
3000- 3499m |
3500- 3999m |
4000m+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appenzell A. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Appenzell I. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Aargau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bern | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 67 |
| Fribourg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Glarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Graubünden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 152 |
| Jura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lucerne | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Neuchâtel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nidwalden | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Obwalden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Schwyz | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Solothurn | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| St. Gallen | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Ticino | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Uri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Valais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 104 |
| Vaud | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Zug | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zurich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 26 | 33 | 63 | 113 | 144 | 40 | 24 | 451 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Mountains Of Switzerland
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