Some of the highest peaks in these mountains are Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa & the Matterhorn
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The Tallest Mountains In The Alps - WorldAtlas.com  Jul 20, 2016 ... Mont Blanc, the tallest peak in the Alps, is also well-known for its spectacular beauty. ... tourists travel to the Mont Blanc massif to take part in these activities. ... The location of this mountain is in the same area as Monte Rosa. The height of the Matterhorn is 14,692 feet which make it the sixth highest peak in...
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Monte Rosa Climb | Zermatt 4000 Meter Peaks  Zermatt-Saas 4000 Meter Peaks - Monte Rosa Climb. Zermatt 4000 ... Many of our American clients are immediately drawn to Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.
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Matterhorn - Wikipedia  The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between .... It is also the fifth-highest summit of both Valais and Switzerland and the third ... summits of higher mountains such as the nearby Monte Rosa, the Matterhorn is ...... It is a fragment of some size; a group of broken walls, one of them...
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Monte Rosa - Wikipedia  The Monte Rosa (or synonymously used as a pleonasm: Monte Rosa massif (Italian: massiccio del Monte Rosa; German: Monte Rosa-Massiv; French: massif du Mont Rose) is a mountain ... Monte Rosa is the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe. Monte Rosa is a huge ice-covered mountain in the Alps,...
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Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa ski descent ~ Pro Guiding  Ski off the two highest peaks in the Alps. Two amazing ski descents. ... The vertical drop from the summit of Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa to the towns of ... We will attempt to ski from these summits in some of the most spectacular scenery ... After our transfer to Zermatt on the "Trockener Steg" looking at the Klein Matterhorn.
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Alps - Wikipedia  The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately ... Mont Blanc spans the FrenchItalian border, and at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) is the highest mountain in the .... The peaks in the easterly portion of the range, in Austria and Slovenia, are smaller than those in...
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Monte Rosa - Wikipedia  First ascent, 1 August, 1855 by Matthus and Johannes Zumtaugwald, Ulrich Lauener, Christopher and James Smyth, Charles Hudson, John Birkbeck and Edward Stephenson. Easiest route, rock/snow/ice climb. The Monte Rosa (or synonymously used as a pleonasm: Monte Rosa massif (Italian: massiccio ... Monte Rosa is the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe.
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Alps | mountains, Europe | Britannica.com  May 12, 2015 ... A small segment of a discontinuous mountain chain that stretches from the ... Only Switzerland and Austria can be considered true Alpine countries, however. .... the crystalline massifs of the inner Alps that include the Belledonne and Mont ... Weisshorn, Matterhorn, and Finsteraarhorn, all 14,000 feet high.
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Matterhorn - Wikipedia  The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a huge and near-symmetrical pyramidal peak in the extended Monte ... The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais to the north-east and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia in...
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Montt Blanc, Matterhorn and Eiger | Aventuras Patagonicas  Chamonix is situated at the foot of the Mont Blanc Massif. ... must be in excellent physical condition and some rock and snow climbing experience is required.
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The Matterhorn Mountain in Switzerland, Zermatt  The Matterhorn is the Mountain of Mountains. Shaped like a jagged tooth, it's a magnet for adventurers looking for a mythical climb in Switzerland.
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Mont Blanc | mountain, Europe | Britannica.com  Mont Blanc, Italian Monte Bianco, mountain massif and highest peak (15,771 feet ... Alps, the massif lies along the French-Italian border and reaches into Switzerland. ... square km) of Mont Blanc (whence its name, meaning white mountain).
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Monte Rosa - Wikipedia  The Monte Rosa (or synonymously used as a pleonasm: Monte Rosa massif (Italian: massiccio ... Countries, Switzerland and Italy ... Monte Rosa is the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe. ... Its main summit, named Dufourspitze in honor of the surveyor Guillaume-Henri Dufour, culminates at 4,634 m...
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Exploring 7 of Earth's Great Mountain Ranges | Britannica.com  This Encyclopedia Britannica science list features 7 mountain ranges from around ... five topographic regions in the country only two (the Western Highlands and the .... Italy, the Alps are the most prominent physiographic region in Western Europe. ... tall peaks in the Alps include the Dufourspitze, Weisshorn, Finsteraarhorn,...
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Monte Rosa Traverse - Pro Guiding Service  Monte Rosa is the second highest peak in the Alps at 15292 feet. ... Category: Alpine; Type: Guided; Ratio: 2:1,4:2 ... Just above the Monte Rosa hut with Liskamm West summit in the background. ... Swiss/Italian border a half dozen times, we'll sleep in the highest mountain hut in the Alps - Cabana Margarita, at 15,000 feet.
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Matterhorn | mountain, Europe | Britannica.com  Feb 12, 2015 ... Matterhorn, one of the best-known mountains in the Alps, straddling the frontier ... Matterhorn, Italian Monte Cervino, French Mont Cervin, one of the ... and Horn (peak); the Italian and French names likely allude to the antlers of a .... islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles (64...
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Matterhorn - Wikipedia  The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a huge and near-symmetrical pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe. ... The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais to...
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jeopardy/2203_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  MOUNTAINS | This Alpine peak rises 14,692 feet on the border of Switzerland's Valais Canton & Italy's Piedmont region | Matterhorn. right: Bob. Wrong:.
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Appendix to the Journals of the House of ... - Papers Past  Notes on Alpine Switzerland, in Illustration of the Value of the New Zealand ... is MonteRosa, 15,212 feet (Mont Blanc, in the Savoy Alps, whose peaks bound ... 262 peaks exceeding 10,000feet in height, and varying from 10,000 to 15,000 feet. ... The population of the Swiss highlands averages twenty-one persons to the...
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Tour du Mont Blanc - Privately Guided with Glacier hiking | Pygmy ...  "Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne ... Lord Byron ... cols (saddles) like Col de Seigne on the border between France and Italy. ... Along with your tour of Mont Blanc (also known as the "TMB"), you will .... catch the first glimpse of the rounded peak of Mont Blanc since you left Italy.