Petit Muveran, Alpine summit in Bernese Alps, Switzerland

Petit Muveran is a 2,810-metre summit in the Bernese Alps, on the border between Vaud and Valais. It lies between Dent Favre and Grand Muveran (3,051 m), which rises to the northeast. From the north the two peaks are easily told apart: Grand Muveran forms a broad, massive wall, while Petit Muveran looks like a small tooth.

The name first appears on 18th-century topographic maps as "mont de la Vare", after the pasture at the mountain's foot; it later shifted to "mont Varan" and then to Muveran. George Bridel instead traced Muveran to a Celtic word, muva, meaning a place where cows are kept. The summit lies on the intercantonal border between Vaud and Valais, between Dent Favre and Grand Muveran.

The name Muveran was first linked by George Bridel to a Celtic word muva, meaning a place where cows are kept; 18th-century maps instead called the mountain mont de la Vare after the pasture at its foot, later deformed into mont Varan and then Muveran. The Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler depicted the massif in Grand Muveran (1912), sold for over 1.5 million Swiss francs in 2003, with the Petit Muveran visible to the right of the Grand Muveran.

Visitors should be aware that conditions change rapidly at this elevation and sturdy footwear plus weather protection are essential. The best guidance comes from local mountain guides or detailed trekking maps of the region.

The Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler depicted the Petit Muveran to the right of the Grand Muveran in his 1912 painting Grand Muveran, sold for just over 1.5 million Swiss francs in 2003. From the north the two summits are easy to tell apart: the Grand Muveran forms a broad, massive wall, while the Petit Muveran looks like a small tooth.