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    The Matter Valley (German: Mattertal, or sometimes Nikolaital) is located in southwestern Switzerland, south of the Rhone valley in the canton of Valais...
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    journey from Zermatt starts at the dead end of an Alpine valley, the Mattertal, just below the world-renowned Matterhorn at an elevation of 1,606 m (5...
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  • canton of Valais. It lies on the range between the Turtmanntal and the Mattertal. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Augstbord...
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  • lies north of the Barrhorn, on the range between the Turtmanntal and the Mattertal. The Stellihorn has two summits: the Inners Stellihorn (3,410 m) and the...
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    altitude of 1,620 meters (5,310 ft) on a terrace above St. Niklaus in the Mattertal, north of the Mischabel range (and Dom). Settlements in the area of Grächen...
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    Schalbetter map, printed by Sebastian Münster in 1545, the valley is labelled Mattertal, but the mountain has the Latin name Mons Silvius as well as the German...
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    glaciers (with one of the largest Alpine glaciers) flowing towards the Mattertal with Zermatt. Its main summit, named Dufourspitze in honor of the surveyor...
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    Rhone Valley with Täsch and the car free holiday resort of Zermatt in the Mattertal. The line also forms part of the much travelled and admired route of the...
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    Niklaus (French: Saint-Nicolas) is a village and a municipality in the Mattertal, part of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland....
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    southwards into the High Alps again, separating the Val d'Anniviers from the Mattertal. Historically, the linguistic boundary in the Swiss Plateau would have...
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    It is the valley of the river Saaser Vispa. It is separated from the Mattertal to the west by the Mischabel massif. Villages in the valley are, upstream...
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    the district of Visp. The two valleys separated by the range are the Mattertal on the west and the Saastal on the east. The towns of Randa and Saas-Fee...
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    Valais Alps, some of the largest side valleys are (from east to west): the Mattertal (including the Saastal), the Val d'Anniviers, the Val d'Hérens, the Val...
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    the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO). It lies at the upper end of Mattertal at an elevation of 1,620 m (5,310 ft), at the foot of Switzerland's highest...
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    Valais. It lies on the range separating the Val d'Anniviers from the Mattertal, just east of the Ober Gabelhorn. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic...
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  • mountain pass in the Pennine Alps, connecting Gruben/Meiden and St. Niklaus (Mattertal) in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The path has been recently equipped...
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  • Thumbnail for Europa Hut
    The Europa Hut (German: Europahütte) is a mountain hut located in the Mattertal above Randa in the Mischabel range at 2,265 m, owned by the Swiss Alpine...
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    Pass, on the range between the Turtmanntal and the Mattertal, although its summit is within the Mattertal. The Steitalhorn is the culminating point of the...
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    of Valais. It belongs to the Mischabel massif, which lies between the Mattertal and the Saastal. The northern side of the Balfrin is covered by a glacier...
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    Vadret da Morteratsch, Glatscher dil Vorab Valley Tal Val Valle, Val Val Mattertal, Val d'Hérens, Valle Maggia Pass Pass, Joch Col, Pas Passo Pass Jungfraujoch...
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    Mettelhorn The Mettelhorn above the Mattertal (center left) Highest point Elevation 3,406 m (11,175 ft) Prominence 240 m (790 ft) Parent peak Monte Rosa...
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    a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, between the Turtmanntal and the Mattertal in the canton of Valais. The closest locality is Gruben/Meiden on the...
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    lies north of the Färichhorn and the Balfrin, on the range between the Mattertal and the Saastal. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key...
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    north–south orientated chain separating the Val d'Anniviers to the west and the Mattertal to the east and enclosing the Turtmanntal to the north, the tripoint between...
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  • Thumbnail for Tête Blanche
    summit (3,710 metres) is the tripoint between the valleys of Hérens, Mattertal (both in Valais) and Valpelline (in the Aosta Valley), thus forming the...
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    Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It lies on the range that separates the Mattertal from the Saastal and is located approximately halfway between the Rimpfischhorn...
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    north of the Dom, above the resort of Saas-Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west. It was first climbed by R. B. Heathcote, with guides Franz...
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    north of the Nadelhorn, in the Mischabel range, which lies between the Mattertal and the Saastal. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key...
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    roughly north–south above the resort of Saas-Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west. It is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the...
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  • Thumbnail for List of valleys of the Alps
    Val d'Herémece Val d'Anniviers Turtmanntal Lötschental Vispa Saastal Mattertal Zmuttal Goms (Nufenen Pass to the Leventina, Grimsel Pass to the Haslital...
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