Monte Rosa
Monte Rosa is a mountain in Piedmont, Northwest Italy and has an elevation of 4,634 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 4,634 metres
- Description: mountain in Italy
- Also known as: “Mount Rosa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dufourspitze and Dunantspitze.
Dufourspitze
Peak
Photo: TobiasBender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after Mont Blanc.
Dunantspitze
Peak
Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dunantspitze, formerly called Ostspitze, is a peak of the Monte Rosa Massif in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the second highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze and the second highest summit in Switzerland, but its prominence is only about 15 metres.
Grenzgipfel
Peak
Photo: TobiasBender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grenzgipfel is a peak of Monte Rosa Massif, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The Grenzgipfel is the highest summit on the Italian side of the Monte Rosa massif and the highest point of the entire border between Italy and Switzerland; it is also the culminating point of the Italian region of Piedmont and of the Ticino river drainage basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quarazza and Motta.
Quarazza
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quarazza is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Monte Rosa.
Motta
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motta is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km east of Monte Rosa.
Monte Rosa
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Monte Rosa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Monte Rosa”
- Cebuano: “Monte Rosa”
- Chinese: “罗莎峰”
- Danish: “Monte Rosa”
- Dutch: “Monte Rosa”
- French: “Mont Rose”
- German: “Monte Rosa”
- Italian: “monte Rosa”
- Italian: “Monte Rosa”
- Japanese: “モンテ・ローザ”
- Korean: “몬테로사 산”
- Norwegian: “Monte Rosa”
- Polish: “Mont Rose”
- Portuguese: “Maciço do Monte Rosa”
- Romansh: “Monte Rosa”
- Russian: “Монте-Роза”
- Spanish: “Macizo del Monte Rosa”
- Swedish: “Monte Rosa”
- Venetian: “Monte Rosa”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sant’Antonio and Macugnaga.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Silbersattel and Grenzsattel.
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