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Dufourspitze
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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. It is located between Switzerland (Canton of Valais) and Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley). The peak itself is located wholly in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Dufourspitze
- Mountain.translation
- Peak Dufour, Highest Peak, Large Horn
- Mountain.photo
- Monte Rosa summit.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- From the peak to the southeast towards Italy, the Dunantspitze in the rear hides the 18-metre lower Grenzgipfel ()
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4634
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2165
- Mountain.prominence_ref
- ↓ Great St Bernard PassRanked 7th in the Alps
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Mount Blanc (line parent)
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 78.1
- Mountain.isolation_ref
- → M Blanc de Courmayeur
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland#Canton of Valais#Alps
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.label_position
- top
- Mountain.listing
- Country high pointCanton high pointUltraSeven Second Summits
- Mountain.region_type
- Canton
- Mountain.region
- Valais
- Mountain.country
- Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ultra-prominent peak
- Named after
- Guillaume Henri Dufour
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Valais
- Elevation
- 4634
- Image
- MonteRosaWestseite gesehenVomGornergrat.JPG
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- Commons category
- Dufourspitze
- parent peak
- Mont Blanc
- topic's main category
- Category:Monte Rosa
- topographic prominence
- 2165
- topographic isolation
- 78.09
- mountain range
- Monte Rosa Massif
- name
- Punta DuFour
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On the map
3 mapped locations