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Monte Rosa Massif
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massif in Switzerland and Italy
Monte Rosa Massif is a major mountain range straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy in the Alps. It matters because it contains some of the highest peaks in the Alps and is an important geographic and natural feature of the region.
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- Instance of
- mountain range
- Part of
- Italy–Switzerland border
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Piedmont
- Elevation
- 4634
- Highest point
- Dufourspitze
- Material used
- metamorphic rock
- Image
- Aerial image of Monte Rosa (view from the northwest).jpg
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- Category:Monte Rosa
- mountain range
- Pennine Alps
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Encyclopedic overview
Monte Rosa is a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley) and Switzerland (Valais). The highest peak of the massif, amongst several peaks of over 4,000 m (13,000 ft), is the Dufourspitze (4,634 m, 15,203 ft), the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe, after Mont Blanc.
The group is on the watershed between the Rhône and Po basins and has a topographic prominence of 2,165 metres (7,103 ft), which is ranked fifth in the Alps.
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