Mont Blanc at a glance
- Elevation: 4,805.59 m (15,766 ft) — 2023 survey. The summit is a perennial ice-and-snow dome whose height genuinely fluctuates from year to year.
- Prominence: 4,696 m above its key col
- Range: Graian Alps
- Country: France / Italy · Europe
- First recorded ascent: 8 August 1786 — Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard
- Also known as: Monte Bianco (Italian)
How to recognise Mont Blanc by eye
A broad, rounded white dome rather than a sharp peak — hence the name 'white mountain'. It looms over Chamonix (France) and Courmayeur (Italy).
Why Mont Blanc matters
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus and the second most prominent in Europe. Its summit is a thick perennial ice-and-snow dome, so its official height changes slightly with each survey — 4,805.59 m was the 2023 measurement.
Related peaks
- Mount Fuji — 3,776.24 m, Free-standing active stratovolcano on Honshu.
- Mount Kilimanjaro — 5,895 m, Free-standing dormant stratovolcano (three cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, Shira).
- Aconcagua — 6,967.15 m, Principal Cordillera, Andes.
New to peak-spotting? Start with our guide to how to identify a mountain.
Source
Elevation, prominence, range and ascent facts per Mont Blanc — Wikipedia (accessed July 4, 2026). Where Wikipedia itself qualifies a figure (surveys change, snow caps shift), the qualification is preserved above rather than rounded away.