Dufourspitze
Located in Zermatt, Visp District Coordinates: 45°56′13″ N 7°52′00″ E
- Elevation
- 4,634 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
About Dufourspitze
Dufourspitze is a mountain. Location: Zermatt, Visp District. Elevation: 4,634 m.
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.
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At a glance
- Topographic prominence
- 2,165 m
Source: Wikidata
In comparison
- Highest of 7660 mountains in Switzerland
- 74 sights and natural places within 10 km Monte Rosa, Dunantspitze
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Monte Rosa Mountain, Piedmont<0.1 km NW
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Dunantspitze Mountain, Zermatt0.1 km E
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Satteltole Natural site, Zermatt1.1 km NW
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Scholle Natural site, Zermatt1.6 km NW
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Kleines Fillarhorn Mountain, Macugnaga2.7 km N
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Ludwigshöhe Mountain, Valais2.3 km S
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Monte Rosagletscher Natural site, Zermatt2.1 km NW
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Punta Giordani Mountain, Alagna Valsesia3.5 km S
More nature in Switzerland
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Gornergrat Mountain, Zermatt8.2 km NW -
Breithorn Mountain, Zermatt9.2 km W -
Lyskamm Orientale Mountain, Zermatt2.9 km SW
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Grenzgletscher Natural site, Zermatt2.7 km W
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Klein Matterhorn Mountain, Zermatt11 km W -
Lyskamm Occidentale Mountain, Zermatt3.6 km W
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