Matterhorn
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| Cervino - Matterhorn | |
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 The Matterhorn, seen from Zermatt |
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| Elevation | 4,478 metres (14,693 feet) |
| Prominence | 1,029 m |
| Location | |
| Location |  Italy /  Switzerland |
| Range | Pennine Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 14 July 1865 by Edward Whymper and party |
| Easiest route | Hörnli ridge (AD, rock/mixed climb) |
The Matterhorn (German) or Cervino (Italian), (French: Mont Cervin or Le Cervin) is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps.[1] Its height is 4,478 metres.[2]
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.[3]
References [change]
- ↑ Even though the Matterhorn is very famous, both because of its beauty, and because it is hard to climb, it is not one of the 100 tallest mountains in the Alps. Several mountains near it, including Monte Rosa, the Dom, Liskamm and the Weisshorn, are taller.
- ↑ NHK, "Matterhorn: Majestic Peak that Pierces the Sky -- Switzerland, 4,478 m"; retrieved 2012-5-24.
- ↑ Swiss Mountains - Names www.swissworld.org Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- Charles Gos, Le Cervin (Attinger, 1948)
- Edward Whymper, Scrambles Amongst the Alps (1871)
Other websites [change]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Matterhorn |
- Virtual ascent of the Hörnli Ridge with 360 degree panoramas
- Alpinist Magazine Mountain Profile - Issue 16
- Matterhorn Webcams
- Matterhorn on Summitpost
- PeakWare info on Matterhorn
- Matterhorn on 4000er.de
- Walt Disney and Zermatt
- Chronology of climbs - in German
- Photo gallery dedicated to Matterhorn and surrounding nature (English)
