Formazza 3D terrain model

About this model

A wide frame over the Lepontine Alps where Italy meets Switzerland: deep glacial valleys, the lakes of Ticino to the south and the high Valais peaks to the west. At this scale the whole drainage pattern of the central Alps reads like a sculpture.

The frame is 111 km across, centred on 46.4401° N, 8.3418° E. Open it in the editor to change the style, exaggerate the height, turn it into a circle, or move the frame — then download it for your 3D printer, as a poster or as a 360° video.

Elevation

Highest point

4,449 m14,596 ft

Lowest point

167 m548 ft

Relief

4,282 mtop to bottom

Average height

1,726 macross the frame

Area

111 × 111 km12,321 km²

Highest point at

45.9415° N, 7.8670° Efrom the elevation data

Measured on the same elevation grid as the model (Terrain Tiles, AWS Open Data). Summit heights can read a little lower than surveyed ones because each sample averages a small area.