Elevation | 4,478 m (14,692 ft) |
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Prominence | 1042 m ↓ Col Durand |
Parent peak | Weisshorn |
Listing | Alpine four-thousanders Great north faces of the Alps |
Translation | Peak of the Meadows |
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Range | Pennine Alps |
Topo map | swisstopo 1347 Matterhorn |
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Easiest route | Hörnli ridge (AD, rock/mixed climb) |
The Matterhorn (in German; Italian: Cervino, French: Mont Cervin or Le Cervin) is ranked, by height, 12th mountain in the European Alps. Its height is 4,478 metres.
The mountain is on the border between Switzerland and Italy, it towers over the Swiss village of Zermatt and the Italian village Breuil-Cervinia in the Val Tournanche. The name of the mountain comes from the German words Matte, meaning valley or meadow, and Horn, which means peak. view more...