Monte Rosa massif

Monte Rosa
Monte Rosa massif
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
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°E / 45.936833; 7.867056Coordinates: 45°56′12.6″N 07°52′01.4″E / 45.936833°N 7.867056°E / 45.936833; 7.867056
Naming
Native name	Monte Rosa
Translation	Mount Glacier
Pronunciation	Italian: [ˈmonte ˈrɔːza], also used in German; French: Mont Rose: [mɔ̃ ʁoz]
Geography
Location in Switzerland/Italy
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.