Geography of Switzerland
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The geography of Switzerland features a mountainous landlocked country located in Western and Central Europe. Switzerland's natural landscape is marked by its numerous lakes and mountains. It is surro
The Matterhorn, a geomorphosite of the Alps and natural symbol of Switzerland
Rolling hills of the Emmental
The Rhine Falls (German: Rheinfall) located near Schaffhausen is Europe's largest waterfall.
Culminating at the Finsteraarhorn, the great northern range constitutes an important climatic barrier
Dufourspitze
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The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-hig
Geography of Switzerland
…northern outlier of the Alps. The main chain of the Alps rises in Swiss territory to the height of 4,634 metres (15,203 ft) in the loftiest summit or Dufourspitze (wholly Swiss) of Monte Rosa, though the Dom (4,545 metres (14,911 ft)), in the Mischabel range, is the highest mountain mass which is entirely within…
From the peak to the southeast towards Italy, the Dunantspitze in the rear hides the 18-metre lower Grenzgipfel (English: Border Summit)
Nordend and Dufourspitze
View from Dufourspitze towards the Grenzgletscher
Monte Rosa from Liskamm: Dufourspitze (left), Zumsteinspitze, Signalkuppe and Parrotspitze (right)