Zermatt (German: [tsɛʁˈmat] , Swiss Standard German: [tsɛrˈmat]) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton...
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Leone/Lion, and Zmutt ridges. The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt, in the canton of Valais, to the northeast; and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia...
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The Schwarzsee (German for "Black Lake") is a small lake near Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located below the Matterhorn next to...
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the city in an attempt to reach Zermatt that same night. They too, however, ran into engineering works on the Brig–Zermatt railway line when attempting to...
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Air Zermatt AG is a Swiss airline and flight school based in Zermatt. The company has an office at the Aéroport de Sion in the canton of Valais and bases...
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The Brig–Zermatt railway line is a metre gauge railway line in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Its 44-kilometre-long (27 mi) line links the communities...
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train connecting railway stations of the two major mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz via Andermatt in the central Swiss Alps. The train provides...
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The Zermatt Marathon is an annual marathon distance (42.195 km) alpine mountain running event held in Zermatt, Switzerland. Marathon du Mont Blanc "Gornergrat...
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Breithorn (redirect from Breithorn (Zermatt))
(Westgipfel), Italian: Breithorn Occidentale). The nearest settlements are Zermatt (Valais) and St-Jacques (Aosta Valley). The Breithorn is considered the...
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The Zermatt-Saas zone is a tectonic unit in the western part of the Alps. Its lithology is mainly ophiolite but there are some pelitic zones too. The...
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the town of Zermatt. It lies on the range between the Findel and Gorner glaciers, east of the Gornergrat. The Stockhorn is part of the Zermatt ski area....
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The Zermatt–Sunnegga Funicular, also known as the Standseilbahn Zermatt–Sunnegga, or short SunneggaExpress, is an underground funicular railway in the...
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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...
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Lord Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz, and two Zermatt guides, Peter Taugwalder and his son of the same name, on 14 July 1865...
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Gotthard Bahn (MGB), which co-operates with RhB the Glacier Express between Zermatt and St. Moritz/Davos. Switzerland operates the world's longest and deepest...
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The Grünsee ("Green Lake") is a small lake near Zermatt, Switzerland, which is fed by the Findel Glacier. It is quite remote and is only accessible by...
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translated as Little Matterhorn) is a peak of the Pennine Alps, overlooking Zermatt in the Swiss canton of Valais. At 3,883 metres (12,740 ft) above sea level...
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Zermatt GGB railway station (French: Gare de Zermatt GGB, German: Bahnhof Zermatt GGB) is a railway station in the municipality of Zermatt, in the Swiss...
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touring between the Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France, and the Matterhorn, in Zermatt, Switzerland. First charted as a summer mountaineering route by members...
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numerous Alpine resort towns, notably Crans-Montana, Saas Fee, Verbier, and Zermatt. Overlooking the latter town, the Matterhorn has become an iconic landmark...
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Unterrothorn (redirect from Rothorn (Zermatt))
(or simply Rothorn) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located west of the Oberrothorn, on the...
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southernmost German-speaking municipality is in the Alemannic region: Zermatt in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland, as is the capital of Liechtenstein:...
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forms part of the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ), which connects the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt with standard gauge lines at...
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one of the largest Alpine glaciers) flowing towards the Mattertal with Zermatt. Its main summit, named Dufourspitze in honor of the surveyor Guillaume-Henri...
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the Dom (4,545 m) in the Mischabel range. Typical overnight stops are Zermatt Theodulpass (highest point: 3,301 m) St-Jacques in the Ayas valley Gressoney-La-Trinité...
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Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway (GGB), the highest...
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of Anniviers and Zermatt in the canton of Valais. In the latter valley, the Weisshorn is one of the many 4000ers surrounding Zermatt, with Monte Rosa...
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French-Italian border. 19th century Zermatt avalanche: in the 19th century, 120 homes in a village near Zermatt were destroyed by an avalanche. December...
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Landmarks including Three Castles of Bellinzona, the shore of Caumasee, Zermatt ski resort, and other locations, in Switzerland September Brasilia, Curitiba...
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created in 2003 through an amalgamation of Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ). The name comes from the Matterhorn and St. Gotthard Pass. Its...
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