Dunantspitze
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 The Dunantspitze is the middle of the labeled ridge elevations (seen from the north end from the north) |
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| height | 4632 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Monte Rosa , Valais Alps | |
| Dominance | 0.1 km → Dufourspitze | |
| Notch height | 15 m | |
| Coordinates | 633 285 / 87352 | |
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| First ascent | 1854 by Christopher Smyth, James G. Smyth, Edmund Smyth | |
| Normal way | West ridge from the "Sattel" or southeast ridge over the border summit | |
The Dunantspitze (until 2014: Ostspitze ) is 4632 m above sea level. M. high, little independent ridge point in Monte Rosa in Switzerland . It is crossed when climbing the Dufourspitze over the east ridge from the Silbersattel or the Grenzsattel .
The summit, then called the "Ostspitze", was first climbed in 1854, one year before the Dufourspitze, by Christopher Smyth , James G. Smyth and Edmund Smyth . At that time it was not yet clear which of the two peaks was the higher - the actual difference in altitude is less than two meters.
The municipality of Zermatt and the canton of Valais renamed the eastern tip to Dunantspitze on October 6, 2014 in honor of the founder of the Red Cross , Henry Dunant . This happened on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the development of the Geneva Conventions and the establishment of the International Red Cross.
The starting point for an ascent via the normal route is the Monte Rosa hut ( 2883 m above sea level ).
literature
- Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt: Four-thousanders in the Alps. 12th, updated edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2 .
Web links
- Dunantspitze at 4000m - the four-thousanders of the Alps
- Henry Dunant tip
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mountain tours - The 4000m peaks of the Alps. In: thehighrisepages.de. February 26, 2011, accessed August 11, 2013 .
- ↑ “The most beautiful mountain in Switzerland” , speech by Federal President Didier Burkhalter on October 6, 2014