Pollux
Pollux is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the lower of a pair of twin peaks, the other being Castor, named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castor and Roccia Nera.
Castor
Peak
Castor is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the higher of a pair of twin peaks, the other being Pollux, named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology.
Roccia Nera
Peak
The Roccia Nera is a peak of the Breithorn range in the Pennine Alps, on the boundary between the Aosta Valley and canton of Valais. It is the easternmost summit of the Breithorn massif, located east of the Gendarm.
Gendarm
Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
The Gendarm, but also known as eastern Breithorn Twin is a peak of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, between the canton of Valais and the region of Aosta Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riffelalp and Furi.
Riffelalp
Hamlet
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelalp is a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located at a height of 2,222 metres above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the Gornergrat mountain. Riffelalp is situated 9 km north of Pollux.
Furi
Hamlet
Furi is an alpine hamlet in the Pennine Alps, located three kilometers south of Zermatt, Switzerland at an altitude of 1,687m. It is located on a relatively flat area of land between the Gornera and Zmuttbach rivers. Furi is situated 9 km northwest of Pollux.
Findeln
Locality
Photo: Zermatt photos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Findeln is a group of hamlets above Zermatt in the canton of Valais. They are located on the south facing slopes of the Sunnegga–Unterrothorn–Oberrothorn mountains. Findeln is situated 10 km north of Pollux.
Pollux
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,089 metres
- Description: mountain in the Pennine Alps
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.92781° or 45° 55′ 40″ northLongitude
7.78531° or 7° 47′ 7″ eastElevation
4,089 metres (13,415 feet)Open location code
8FQ9WQHP+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 364072387OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Pollux” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Pòl·lux”
- Cebuano: “Pollux (tumoy sa bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Pollux”
- Chinese: “普勒克斯峰”
- Czech: “Pollux”
- Dutch: “Pollux”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پولوكس”
- Finnish: “Pollux”
- French: “Pollux”
- German: “Pollux”
- Italian: “Polluce”
- Italian: “Punta Polluce”
- Japanese: “ポッルチェ”
- Korean: “폴룩스산”
- Ladin: “Pollux”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fjellet Pollux”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pollux”
- Polish: “Pollux”
- Portuguese: “Pólux”
- Russian: “Поллукс”
- Spanish: “Polux”
- Spanish: “Pólux”
- Swedish: “Pollux”
- Venetian: “Polluce”
- Western Panjabi: “پولکس”
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