Dufourspitze
highest mountain of Switzerland
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Summary
Dufourspitze is a mountain[1]. Dufourspitze ranks in the top 1% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,114 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Valais[3]
- Country: Switzerland[4]
- Instance of: main peak[5], four-thousander[6], ultra-prominent peak[7]
- Named after: Guillaume Henri Dufour[8]
- Commons category: Dufourspitze[9]
- Significant event: first ascent[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Monte Rosa[11]
- Official name: Dufourspitze[12]
- Elevation above sea level: 4634 m[13]
- Name: Dufourspitze[14], Pointe Dufour[15], Punta DuFour[16]
- Topographic isolation: 78.09 km[17]
- Topographic prominence: 2165 m[18]
- Parent peak: Mont Blanc[19]
- Mountain range: Monte Rosa Massif[20]
- Key col: Saddle of Great St Bernard[21]
- P14976: 08E740C3-11A3-4605-828C-72219586FECF[22]
Why It Matters
Dufourspitze has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Dufourspitze is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]