Monte Rosa
(Reguidit frae Dufourspitze)
Monte Rosa (Italian an German) or Mont Rose (French) is a huge ice-covered moontain in the Alps, locatit on the wattershed atween northren an soothren Europe.
| Monte Rosa | |
|---|---|
| Dufourspitze | |
 Wast view o Monte Rosa | |
| Heichest pynt | |
| Elevation | 4,634 m (15,203 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,165 m (7,103 ft) [1] Ranked 7t in the Alps |
| Isolation | 78.3 km (48.7 mi) [2] |
| Paurent peak | Mont Blanc |
| Leetin | Kintra heich pynt Canton heich pynt Ultra Seiven Seicont Summits |
| Coordinates | 45°56′12.6″N 7°52′01.4″E / 45.936833°N 7.867056°ECoordinates: 45°56′12.6″N 7°52′01.4″E / 45.936833°N 7.867056°E |
| Namin | |
| Translation | Ice Moontain |
| Geografie | |
  Monte Rosa Location in Swisserland | |
| Location | Valais, Swisserland (massif pairtially in Italy) |
| Parent range | Pennine Alps |
| Topo map | Swisstopo 1348 Zermatt |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 1, 1855 bi Matthäus an Johannes Zumtaugwald, Ulrich Lauener, Christopher an James Smyth, Charles Hudson, John Birkbeck an Edward Stephenson. |
| Easiest route | rock/snaw/ice climb |
References
eedit- ↑ Retrieved frae the Swisstopo topografic cairts. The key col is the Great St Bernard Pass (2,469 m)
- ↑ Retrieved frae Google Earth. The nearest pynt o heicher elevation is east o Mont Blanc.