Extreme points of Switzerland
This is a list of the extreme points of Switzerland.
Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Population: 6,629
Latitude: 46° 01' 16.54" N
Longitude: 7° 44' 56.83" E
This is a list of the extreme points of Switzerland.
The Dent d'Hérens (4,174 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
Theodul Pass, elevation 3,295 metres (10,810 ft), (German: Theodulpass, Italian: Colle del Teodulo, French: Col de Saint-Théodule, Walser German: Theoduljoch) is a high mountain pass across the eastern Pennine Alps, connecting Zermatt in the Swiss c…
Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the southern terminus of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which connects Zermatt with stan…
The Signalkuppe (pronounced seen-yall-koo-pay) (also known as Punta Gnifetti in Italian) (4,554 m) is a peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a subpeak of Monte Rosa.
The Matter Valley or the valley of St. Niklaus (German: Mattertal or Nikolaital) is located in southwestern Switzerland, south of the Rhone valley in the canton of Valais.
Arolla is a village in the municipality of Evolène in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Zinal is a village located in the municipality of Anniviers in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies at an altitude of 1,675 metres in the Swiss Alps in the Val de Zinal, a valley running from the Zinal Glacier, north of Dent Blanche to the v…
The Vignettes Hut (French: Cabane des Vignettes) is an alpine hut, located south of Arolla in the Swiss canton of Valais. It lies at a height of 3,160 metres above sea level, at the foot of the Pigne d'Arolla and near the Col de Chermotane in the Pe…
The Rimpfischhorn (4,199 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps of Switzerland.
The Ober Gabelhorn (4063 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland, located between Zermatt and Zinal.
The Allalinhorn (4,027 m (13,212 ft)) is a mountain in the Mischabelhörner group of the Pennine Alps in Switzerland.
The Nadelhorn (4,327 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the highest point on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south above the resort of Saas-Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west. Its three rid…
The Monte Rosa Tour is a circular hiking trail through the Swiss & Italian Alps around Monte Rosa (4634m).
The Metro Alpin is an underground funicular situated above the Swiss town of Saas Fee, in the canton of Valais. Opened in 1984, it links the Felskinn cable-car station (2,980 metres or 9,777 feet MSL) on the shore of the Fee Glacier to the Mittelall…
The Lenzspitze is a 4,294-metre (14,088 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland.
The Kölner Observatorium für SubMillimeter Astronomie (KOSMA) was a 3-m radio telescope for submillimeter astronomy located at 3,135 m on Gornergrat near Zermatt (Switzerland). It was operated by the I. Physikalisches Institut (Cologne, Germany) and…
The Giétro Glacier or Giétroz Glacier (French: Glacier du Giétro) is a 4 km long valley glacier located in south-western Switzerland.