Monte Rosa
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| Monte Rosa massif | |
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Central Monte Rosa massif with Dufourspitze to the south (right) and Nordend to the north (left), the Monte Rosa Glacier right below on its western wing, the upper Gorner Glacier on the left, and the Grenzgletscher to the right
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Dufourspitze |
| Elevation | 4,634 m (15,203 ft) |
| Listing |
Country high point Canton high point Ultra |
| Coordinates | 45°56′12.6″N 07°52′01.4″E / 45.936833°N 7.867056°ECoordinates: 45°56′12.6″N 07°52′01.4″E / 45.936833°N 7.867056°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Monte Rosa |
| Translation | Mount Glacier |
| Pronunciation | Italian: [ˈmonte ˈrɔːza], also used in German; French: Mont Rose: [mɔ̃ ʁoz] |
| Geography | |
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| Countries | Switzerland and Italy |
| Canton, Regions | Valais, Piedmont and Aosta Valley |
| Parent range | Pennine Alps, Western Alps |
| Topo map | Swisstopo 1348 Zermatt |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1 August 1855 by Matthäus and Johannes Zumtaugwald, Ulrich Lauener, Christopher and James Smyth, Charles Hudson, John Birkbeck and Edward Stephenson. |
| Easiest route | rock/snow/ice climb |
The Monte Rosa (or synonymously used as a pleonasm: Monte Rosa massif (Italian: massiccio del Monte Rosa; German: Monte Rosa-Massiv; French: massif du Mont Rose) is a mountain massif located in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps. It is located between Switzerland (Valais) and Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley). Monte Rosa is the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe.
Monte Rosa is a huge ice-covered mountain in the Alps, located on the watershed between northern and southern Europe. Its main summit, named Dufourspitze in honor of the surveyor Guillaume-Henri Dufour, culminates at 4,634 m (15,203 ft) above sea level and is followed by the five nearly equally high subsidiary summits of Dunantspitze, Grenzgipfel, Nordend, Zumsteinspitze and Signalkuppe. Monte Rosa is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Europe outside the Caucasus. Monte Rosa covers the region on both side of the border between Switzerland and Italy, although its two main summits, unlike the four lower ones, lies on the Swiss side, within the canton of Valais.
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