Dufourspitze

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 and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,634 metres
  • Description: highest mountain of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Gornerhorn, Schwärzehorn, Höchste Spitze, La più alta cima” and “Monte Rosa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunantspitze and Grenzgipfel.

Peak
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The , formerly called Ostspitze, is a peak of the Monte Rosa Massif in the in . 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.

Peak
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The is a peak of Monte Rosa Massif, located on the border between and . The 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 and of the drainage basin.

Peak
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is a northern peak of the Monte Rosa Massif. is the fourth highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze, the and the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Staffa and Isella.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 9 km northeast of Dufourspitze.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 9 km east of Dufourspitze.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Dufourspitze.

Dufourspitze

Latitude
45.93692° or 45° 56′ 13″ north
Longitude
7.86676° or 7° 52′ 0″ east
Elevation
4,634 metres (15,203 feet)
Named after
Guillaume Henri Dufour
Open location code
8FQ9WVP8+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 414760065
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3177455
Wiki­data ID
Q3403
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Dufourspitze” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Dufour-bergpiek”
  • Arabic: “جبل مونتي روزا”
  • Arabic: “دوفورسبيتز”
  • Asturian: “Picu Dufour”
  • Basque: “Dufour Gaina”
  • Belarusian: “Дзюфур”
  • Belarusian: “Пік Дзюфур”
  • Bengali: “মন্টি রোজা”
  • Bulgarian: “Дуфоурспитзе”
  • Bulgarian: “Дюфур”
  • Catalan: “Dufourspitze”
  • Cebuano: “Dufourspitze”
  • Chinese: “杜富尔峰”
  • Czech: “Dufourspitze”
  • Danish: “Dufourspitze”
  • Dutch: “Dufourspitze”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونتى روزا”
  • Esperanto: “Dufour-Pinto”
  • Estonian: “Dufour”
  • Estonian: “Dufouri mäetipp”
  • Finnish: “Dufourspitze”
  • French: “pointe Dufour”
  • French: “Pointe Dufour”
  • Georgian: “დიუფურის პიკი”
  • German: “Dufourspitze”
  • Gilaki: “دۊفؤرشپيتزه”
  • Hebrew: “דופורשפיץ”
  • Hungarian: “Dufourspitze”
  • Hungarian: “Punta Dufour”
  • Indonesian: “Dufourspitze”
  • Irish: “Dufourspitze”
  • Italian: “Punta Dufour”
  • Japanese: “プンタ・デュフール”
  • Korean: “두포우르슈피츠”
  • Korean: “몬테로사 산”
  • Ladin: “Piza Dufour”
  • Lithuanian: “Diufūro kalnas”
  • Lombard: “Pizz Dufour”
  • Luxembourgish: “Dufourspëtz”
  • Macedonian: “Дифур”
  • Macedonian: “Дуфуршпице”
  • Macedonian: “Монте Роза”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dufourspitze”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dufourspitze”
  • Norwegian: “Dufourspitze”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dufourspitze”
  • Persian: “دوفوراشپیتزه”
  • Polish: “Dufourspitze”
  • Portuguese: “Pico Dufour”
  • Romanian: “Punta Dufour”
  • Romanian: “Vârful Dufour, Monte Rosa”
  • Romansh: “Piz da Dufour”
  • Russian: “Дюфур”
  • Russian: “пик Дюфур”
  • Russian: “Пик Дюфур”
  • Scots: “Dufourspitze”
  • Slovak: “Dufourspitze”
  • Slovenian: “Dufourspitze”
  • Spanish: “Pico Dufour”
  • Swahili: “Dufourspitze”
  • Swedish: “Dufourspitze”
  • Swiss German: “Dufourspitze”
  • Tajik: “Дуфур”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Dufourspitze”
  • Turkish: “Dufourspitze”
  • Ukrainian: “Дюфур”
  • Venetian: “Ponta Dufour”
  • Welsh: “Dufourspitze”
  • Western Panjabi: “مونٹے روزا”
  • “nena ma Tupo”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Silbersattel and Grenzsattel.

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