Dufourspitze

The Dufourspitze is a mountain in the Alps.

Dufourspitze
French: Pointe Dufour, Italian: Punta Dufour, Romansh: Piz da Dufour
The Monte Rosa massif with the Dufourspitze.
Highest point
Elevation	4,634 m (15,203 ft)
Prominence	2,165 m (7,103 ft) ↓ Great St Bernard Pass[1] Ranked 7th in the Alps
Isolation	78.3 km (48.7 mi) → M Blanc de Courmayeur[2]
Listing	Country high point Canton high point Ultra Seven Second Summits
Coordinates	45°56′12.6″N 7°52′01.4″E
Naming
Native name	Dufourspitze (German) Höchste Spitze (German) Gornerhorn (German)
English translation	Peak Dufour, Highest Peak, Large Horn
Geography
Dufourspitze Location in Switzerland
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
Parent range	Pennine Alps
Climbing
First ascent	1 August 1855 by Matthäus and Johannes Zumtaugwald, Ulrich Lauener, Christopher and James Smyth, Charles Hudson, John Birkbeck and Edward Stephenson.
Easiest route	rock/snow/ice climb

With a height of 4634 metres, it is the highest mountain peak in Switzerland and also the second-highest peak in the Alps in and Western Europe after Mont Blanc. The mountain is on the border between Switzerland and Italy.

The mountain is named after the famous swiss engineer and topographer Guillaume Henri Dufour.

Gallery

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  Dufourspitze from Nordend
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  The Monte-Rosa Hut, from which the routes to the peak start.
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  Monte-Rosa massif, the Dufourspitze is the peak in the center.

Notes

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Great St Bernard Pass (2,469 m)
2. Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is east of Mont Blanc.