Dunantspitze
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,632 metres
- Description: ridge prominence of Durfourspitze
- Also known as: “Ostspitze”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dufourspitze and Grenzgipfel.
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.
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.
Nordend
Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
Nordend is a northern peak of the Monte Rosa Massif. Nordend is the fourth highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze, the Dunantspitze and the Grenzgipfel.
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 Dunantspitze.
Motta
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motta is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km east of Dunantspitze.
Dunantspitze
- Categories: ridge prominence and landform
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.93688° or 45° 56′ 13″ northLongitude
7.86777° or 7° 52′ 4″ eastElevation
4,632 metres (15,197 feet)Open location code
8FQ9WVP9+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3114843125OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Dunantspitze” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Дунанцпитзе”
- Cebuano: “Dunantspitze”
- Chinese: “杜南特峰”
- Dutch: “Ostspitze”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دونانتسپيتز”
- Esperanto: “Dunant-Pinto”
- Esperanto: “Ostspitze”
- French: “Dunantspitze”
- French: “Ostspitze”
- French: “pointe Dunant”
- French: “Pointe Dunant”
- German: “Dunantspitze”
- German: “Ostspitze” (historical)
- Italian: “Ostpitze”
- Italian: “Punta Dunant”
- Ladin: “Dunantspitze”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ostspitze”
- Persian: “دونان اسپیتزه”
- Polish: “Dunantspitze”
- Polish: “Ostspitze”
- Portuguese: “Ostspitze”
- Russian: “Дюнан”
- Russian: “Пик Дюнан”
- Spanish: “Ostspitze”
- Swahili: “Ostspitze”
- Swedish: “Dunantspitze”
- Venetian: “Ostspitze”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dunantspitze”. Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 3.0.