Matterhorn
Zermatt is one of the most famous mountain resorts in Switzerland, and attracts people from around the world. Located in the German-speaking part of Valais, its most popular sight is the iconic Matterhorn, one of Switzerland's most famous mountains.Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,478 metres
- Description: mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy
- Also known as: “Mont Cervin”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Picco Muzio and Pic Tyndall.
Picco Muzio
Peak
Picco Muzio is a minor summit below the Matterhorn on the Furggen ridge. Because of its prominence on that ridge, it was included in the 'enlarged list' of alpine four-thousanders.
Pic Tyndall
Peak
Photo: Lebendre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pic Tyndall is a minor summit below the Matterhorn in the Pennine Alps, on the boundary between Aosta Valley and Switzerland. Because of its small prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.
Solvay Hut
Shelter
Photo: Orion666, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Solvay Hut or Solvay Bivouac is a mountain hut located on the north-eastern ridge of the Matterhorn, near Zermatt in the canton of Valais. At 4,003 metres it is the highest mountain hut owned by the Swiss Alpine Club, but can be used only in case of emergency.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plan Maison and Breuil-Cervinia.
Breuil-Cervinia
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Breuil-Cervinia is a frazione of the comune of Valtournenche, Italy. It is a winter and summer tourist resort.
Zmutt
Hamlet
Photo: DrTW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zmutt is a small village in the municipality of Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, situated at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of the Valais.
Matterhorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.97643° or 45° 58′ 35″ northLongitude
7.6586° or 7° 39′ 31″ eastElevation
4,478 metres (14,692 feet)Open location code
8FQ9XMG5+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 26863664OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Matterhorn” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Matterhorn”
- Albanian: “Matehorn”
- Arabic: “جبل ماترهورن”
- Arabic: “ماترهورن”
- Aragonese: “Cervino”
- Armenian: “Մաթերհորն”
- Arpitan: “Grant-Bèca”
- Azerbaijani: “Matterhorn”
- Basque: “Cervino”
- Basque: “Matterhorn”
- Belarusian: “Гара Матэргорн”
- Belarusian: “Матэргорн”
- Bengali: “ম্যাটারহর্ন”
- Bosnian: “(Monte) Cervino”
- Bosnian: “Le Cervin”
- Bosnian: “Matterhorn”
- Bosnian: “Mont Cervin”
- Breton: “Matterhorn”
- Bulgarian: “Матерхорн”
- Catalan: “Cerví”
- Cebuano: “Mont Cervin”
- Cebuano: “The Matterhorn (bukid sa Swisa)”
- Cebuano: “The Matterhorn”
- Chinese: “切尔维诺峰”
- Chinese: “馬特宏峰”
- Chinese: “馬特洪峰”
- Chinese: “马特峰”
- Chinese: “马特洪峰”
- Cornish: “Matterhorn”
- Croatian: “Matterhorn”
- Czech: “Matterhorn”
- Danish: “Matterhorn”
- Dutch: “Cervin”
- Dutch: “Cervino”
- Dutch: “Matterhorn”
- Dutch: “Mont Cervin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماتيرهورن”
- Esperanto: “Materhorno”
- Estonian: “Matterhorn”
- Faroese: “Matterhorn”
- Finnish: “Matterhorn”
- French: “Cervin”
- French: “mont Cervin”
- French: “Mont Cervin”
- Galician: “Matterhorn”
- Georgian: “მატერჰორნი”
- German: “Matterhorn”
- Greek: “Μάττερχορν”
- Hebrew: “מטרהורן”
- Hebrew: “מַטֵרְהוֹרְן”
- Hungarian: “Matterhorn”
- Icelandic: “Matterhorn”
- Indonesian: “Matterhorn”
- Irish: “An Matterhorn”
- Irish: “An Mhatterhorn”
- Irish: “Matterhorn”
- Irish: “Sliabh Cervin”
- Italian: “Cervino”
- Italian: “monte Cervin”
- Italian: “Monte Cervino”
- Japanese: “マッターホルン”
- Korean: “마터호른 산”
- Korean: “마터호른산”
- Ladin: “Matterhorn”
- Latin: “Matterhorn”
- Latin: “Mons Sylvius”
- Latvian: “Materhorns”
- Lithuanian: “Materhornas”
- Luxembourgish: “Matterhorn”
- Macedonian: “Матерхорн”
- Malay: “Matterhorn”
- Maltese: “Cervino”
- Maltese: “Matterhorn”
- Neapolitan: “Cervino”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cervino”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Matterhorn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monte Cervino”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Matterhorn”
- Norwegian: “Matterhorn”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cervin”
- Persian: “ماترهورن”
- Piemontese: “Servin”
- Polish: “Matterhorn”
- Portuguese: “Matterhorn”
- Romanian: “Matterhorn”
- Romansh: “Matterhorn”
- Russian: “Маттерхорн”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Matterhorn”
- Serbian: “Materhorn”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Matterhorn”
- Sicilian: “Cirvinu”
- Slovak: “Matterhorn”
- Slovenian: “Matterhorn”
- Spanish: “Cervino”
- Swahili: “Matterhorn”
- Swedish: “Cervino”
- Swedish: “Matterhorn”
- Swiss German: “Matterhorn”
- Thai: “มัทเทอร์ฮอร์น”
- Thai: “ยอดเขามัทเทอร์ฮอร์น”
- Tosk Albanian: “Matterhorn”
- Turkish: “Matterhorn”
- Ukrainian: “Матергорн”
- Ukrainian: “Маттергорн”
- Urdu: “میٹرہارن”
- Uzbek: “Matterhorn”
- Venetian: “Cervin”
- Venetian: “Monte Cervin”
- Vietnamese: “Matterhorn”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Matterhorn”
- Waray (Philippines): “Matterhorn”
- Welsh: “Matterhorn”
- Western Panjabi: “میٹرہارن”
- Wu Chinese: “马特峰”
- Yiddish: “מאטערהארן”
- Yue Chinese: “馬特洪峰”
- “nena ma suli Sewin”
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