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{{Infobox mountain
|name              = Matterhorn
|other_name        = {{native name list |tag1=it|name1=Cervino |tag2=fr|name2=Cervin}}
|native_name       = {{native name list |tag1=frp|name1=Gran Bèca |tag2=wae|name2=Horu}}
|photo             = Matterhorn from Domhütte - 2.jpg
|photo_size        = 285
|photo_caption     = East and north faces of the Matterhorn
|elevation_m       = 4478
|elevation_ref     =
|prominence        = 1042&nbsp;m<span title="above the wind-gap"> ↓&nbsp;</span>Col Durand
|prominence_ref    = <ref group=note>Despite its prominence in a local sense, the Matterhorn is not among the top 100 mountains in the Alps measured by [[topographic prominence]]. Its close neighbors [[Monte Rosa]], the [[Dom (mountain)|Dom]], [[Liskamm]] and the [[Weisshorn]], have higher summits. See [http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/4000mtn/Sveits/42-51_annotate.jpg a panoramic photograph] of the view from [[Finsteraarhorn]], to the north. The key col is Col Durand, at {{convert|3436|m}}, between the Matterhorn and the Weisshorn.</ref>
|isolation         = 13.8&nbsp;km<span title="to"> →&nbsp;</span>[[Liskamm]]-West Top
|isolation_ref     = <ref group=note>Retrieved from [[Google Earth]]. The nearest point of higher elevation is the [[Western Liskamm]].</ref>
|parent_peak       = [[Weisshorn]]
|listing           = [[List of Alpine four-thousanders|Alpine four-thousanders]] <br> [[Great north faces of the Alps]]
|translation       = Peak of the Meadows<ref>[[Arnold Lunn]], ''Matterhorn Centenary'', [[Allen & Unwin]], 1965 (p. 25)</ref>
|location          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Aosta Valley]], [[Italy]]
* [[Valais]], [[Switzerland]]
}}
|range             = [[Pennine Alps]]
|map               = Alps
|map_caption       = <center>Location in the Alps</center>
|range_coordinates = 
|topo              = [[swisstopo]] [http://s.geo.admin.ch/3f3f65ee3 1347 Matterhorn]
|first_ascent      = {{Plainlist|
* July 14, 1865 by
* [[Edward Whymper]]
* [[Charles Hudson (climber)|Charles Hudson]]
* [[Lord Francis Douglas|Francis Douglas]]
* [[Douglas Robert Hadow]]
* [[Michel Croz]]
* [[Peter Taugwalder]] (father)
* Peter Taugwalder (son)
}}
|easiest_route     = Hörnli ridge (AD, rock/mixed climb)
|coordinates       = {{coord|45|58|35.0|N|7|39|31.0|E|type:mountain_region:CH-VS_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_ref   = <ref>{{cite map |url=https://s.geo.admin.ch/784fb7cd82
|title=Matterhorn peak |map=Commune Zermatt |map-url=https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/maps/national/digital/srm10?layer=ch.swisstopo.swiss-map-raster10.metadata&clipper=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&featureid=6300&productIdentifier=Pixel10#product-Pixel10 |scale=1:10 0000 |series=National Map 1:10'000 |edition=digital |date= |publisher=Federal Office of Topography – [[swisstopo]] |location=Wabern, Switzerland |isbn= |via=map.geo.admin.ch |accessdate=2018-01-23}}</ref>
}}
The '''Matterhorn''' (in [[German language|German]]; {{lang-it|Cervino}}, {{lang-fr|Mont Cervin}} or ''Le Cervin'') is ranked, by height, 12th  [[mountain]] in the European [[Alps]].<ref>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 (mountain)|Dom]], [[Lyskamm|Liskamm]] and the [[Weisshorn]], are taller.</ref> Its height is 4,478 [[metre]]s.<ref>NHK, [http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/detail/1446 "Matterhorn: Majestic Peak that Pierces the Sky -- Switzerland, 4,478 m"]; retrieved 2012-5-24.</ref>

The mountain is on the border between [[Switzerland]] and [[Italy]], it towers over the Swiss village of [[Zermatt]] and the Italian village [[Cervinia|Breuil-Cervinia]] in the Val Tournanche. The name of the mountain comes from the [[German language|German]] words ''Matte'', meaning ''valley'' or ''meadow'', and ''Horn'', which means ''peak''.<ref>[http://www.swissworld.org/en/switzerland/swiss_specials/swiss_mountains/names/ Swiss Mountains - Names] www.swissworld.org Retrieved [[26 November]] 2007.</ref>

==References==
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*Charles Gos, ''Le Cervin'' (Attinger, 1948)
*Edward Whymper, ''Scrambles Amongst the Alps'' (1871)

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== Other websites ==
{{Commons|Matterhorn}}
*[http://www.zermatt360.ch/en/matterhorn Virtual ascent of the Hörnli Ridge with 360 degree panoramas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909142434/http://www.zermatt360.ch/en/matterhorn/ |date=2006-09-09 }}
*[http://www.alpinist.com/doctcl/ALP16/profile-matterhorn Alpinist Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017122848/http://www.alpinist.com/doctcl/ALP16/profile-matterhorn |date=2007-10-17 }} Mountain Profile - Issue 16
*[http://bergbahnen.zermatt.ch/d/web-cam/zermatt4.html Matterhorn Webcams] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116215156/http://bergbahnen.zermatt.ch/d/web-cam/zermatt4.html |date=2006-11-16 }}
*[http://www.summitpost.org/show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/53 Matterhorn on Summitpost]
*[http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/peaks/matterhorn.htm PeakWare info on Matterhorn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013004927/http://peakware.com/encyclopedia/peaks/matterhorn.htm |date=1999-10-13 }}
*[http://www.4000er.de/gipfel.php?vid=50&lang=en Matterhorn on 4000er.de]
*[http://michaelbarrier.com/Essays/EuropeanJournal_Zermatt/europeanjournal_zermatt.htm Walt Disney and Zermatt]
*[http://www.weltderberge.de/alpen/matter.htm Chronology of climbs - in German]
*[http://www.zermatt.cz/ Photo gallery dedicated to Matterhorn and surrounding nature] {{in lang|en}}


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