Dufourspitze
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Dufourspitze (in German) or Pointe Dufour (in French), in the Swiss Alps, is the highest mountain of Switzerland. The peak is the high point of the Monte Rosa massif, being surrounded by the Nordend, Silbersattel, Grenzsattel and Signalkuppe subpeaks.
The mountain is named after the Guillaume-Henri Dufour, a Swiss engineer and army officer who led the Sonderbund campaign. It was named for him after the completion of the Dufourkarten, a series of military topographical maps completed 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 [North] [South] [Index]
- [Virtual climb of the Dufourspitze with 360 degree panoramas]
- [Monte Rosa with Duforuspitze]
- [Peakbagger link]
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