Dufourspitze

Infobox Mountain
Name=Dufourspitze
Photo=MonteRosa004.jpg
Caption=Monte Rosa massif, Nordend (left) and Dufourspitze (right)
Elevation=convert|4634|m|ft|0
Location= Valais, Switzerland
Range=Pennine Alps
latd= 45|latm=56 |lats=12.6 |latNS=N
longd=7 |longm=52 |longs=01.4 |longEW=E
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Listing = Ultra
Prominence=convert|2165|m|ft|0ranked 7th in the Alps
Coordinates = coord|45|56|12.6|N|7|52|01.4|E|type:mountain_region:CH-VS|display=inline,title
First ascent=1855
Easiest route=rock/snow/ice climb

Dufourspitze (4,634m) (in German, lit. Point of Dufour), Pointe Dufour (in French), Punta Dufour (in Italian), or Piz da Dufour (in Romansh) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, near the watershed between Italy and Switzerland, on the Swiss side. It is considered the highest mountain of Switzerland and the peak is the high point of the Monte Rosa massif, being surrounded by the Nordend, Grenzgipfel, Zumsteinspitze, Ostspitze and Signalkuppe subpeaks.

The mountain is named after Guillaume-Henri Dufour—a Swiss engineer and army officer who led the Sonderbund campaign—following the completion of the Dufourkarten, a series of military topographical maps created under the command of Dufour.

The first ascent was by John Birbeck, Charles Hudson, Ulrich Lauener, Christopher Smyth, James G. Smyth, Edward Stephenson, Matthäus Zumtaugwald and Johannes Zumtaugwald on August 1, 1855.

External links

* Computer generated summit panoramas [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/Rosa-N.gifNorth] [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/Rosa-S.gifSouth] [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas.html Index]
* [http://www.zermatt360.ch/en/monte_rosa/ascent_of_the_dufourspitze/ Virtual climb of the Dufourspitze with 360 degree panoramas ]
* [http://www.fotogalerien.ch/index.php?gallery=32&&lang=2&pct=16 Monte Rosa with Dufourspitze]
* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10043 Peakbagger link]