Dufourspitze

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Dufourspitze is the highest peak of the Monte Rosa massif in the Pennine Alps and the second-highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine four-thousander
mountain peak
belongsTo Pennine Alps
surface form: Pennine Alps 4000ers
climbingGradeNormalRoute AD
coordinates 45.936°N 7.867°E
country Switzerland
elevation 4634 m
firstAscentBy Charles Hudson
Christopher Smyth
James Smyth
Matthias Zumtaugwald
surface form: Johannes Zumtaugwald

John Birbeck
Matthias Zumtaugwald
Ulrich Lauener NERFINISHED
firstAscentDate 1855-08-01
hasClimate alpine climate
hasGlacier Gorner Glacier
Grenzgletscher
hasProminentFeature steep north face
hasRockType gneiss
granite
hasSummitCross yes
isHighestPointOf Monte Rosa
surface form: Monte Rosa massif

Pennine Alps NERFINISHED
Switzerland
isPartOf Swiss Alps NERFINISHED
isSecondHighestIn Alps
Western Europe
isWithinProtectedArea no national park designation
listedIn UIAA list of Alpine four-thousanders
surface form: UIAA Alpine four-thousanders list
locatedIn Pennine Alps NERFINISHED
locatedInCanton Valais
mapLabel Dufourspitze self-link
namedAfter Guillaume-Henri Dufour
near Zermatt
normalRouteFrom Monte Rosa Hut
onBorderWith Italy
parentPeak Mont Blanc
partOf Monte Rosa
surface form: Monte Rosa massif
prominence 2165 m
range Alps
topographicIsolation 78.3 km
usedFor high-altitude climbing
mountaineering

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guillaume-Henri Dufour hasNamesake Dufourspitze
Gorner Glacier hasNearbyPeak Dufourspitze
Monte Rosa hasPeak Dufourspitze
Canton of Valais highestPoint Dufourspitze
Monte Rosa highestPoint Dufourspitze
Pennine Alps highestPoint Dufourspitze
Valais highestPoint Dufourspitze
Dufourspitze mapLabel Dufourspitze self-link
Nordend near Dufourspitze
Liskamm parentPeak Dufourspitze
Nordend parentPeak Dufourspitze
Punta Gnifetti parentPeak Dufourspitze
Zumsteinspitze parentPeak Dufourspitze