- Dom (Mischabel)
Infobox Mountain
Name=Dom
Photo=Dom (Mischabel).jpg| Caption=The Dom, view from west
Elevation=convert|4545|m|ft|0
Location=Valais, Switzerland
Range =Pennine Alps
Prominence = convert|1045|m|ft|0|abbr=on
latd= 46|latm=05 |lats=42 |latNS=N
longd=7 |longm=51 |longs=36 |longEW=E
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Coordinates = coord|46|05|42|N|7|51|36|E|region:CH_type:mountain|display=inline,title
Topographic
Type=|Age=
First ascent=1858 by the RevJ. L. Davies and party
Easiest route=North flank (PD)The Dom (4,545 m) is a
mountain in theMischabelhörner group of the Pennine Alps. It is the highest mountain that is entirely inSwitzerland . It lies west ofSaas-Fee and east of Randa in the canton ofValais .The
first ascent was by the RevJ. L. Davies with guides Johann Zumtaugwald, Johann Krönig and Hieronymous Brantschen on11 September 1858 .cite needed|date=September 2008Although 'Dom' is a German cognate for 'dome', it can also mean 'cathedral' and the mountain is named after Canon Berchtold of Sitten cathedral, the first person to survey the vicinity.Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, "The High Mountains of the Alps", London: Diadem, 1994, p. 73
References
External links
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150275/dom.html The Dom on SummitPost]
* [http://www.fotogalerien.ch/index.php?gallery=36&&lang=2&pct=17 Photo of the Mischabelhörner with the Dom]
* [http://www.fotogalerien.ch/index.php?gallery=32&&lang=2&pct=9 Photo of the Mischabelhörner from the Gornergrat]
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