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Prominence:
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Coordinates:
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45°56′11.8″ N 7°52′8.2″ E
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First ascent:
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1855
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route:
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Dufourspitze (
De.) or
Pointe Dufour (
Fr.), 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.
