Mountain[2] | Height (m) | Drop (m) | Coordinates | Range | Canton(s) | Namesake | First ascent | Notes |
Agassizhorn | 3946 | 199 | 46°32′48″N 08°06′52″E / 46.54667°N 8.11444°E / 46.54667; 8.11444 | Bernese Alps | Bern/Valais | Louis Agassiz | No | Swiss pioneering biologist and geologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
Altmann | 3462 | 77 | 46°31′55″N 08°09′51″E / 46.53194°N 8.16417°E / 46.53194; 8.16417 | Bernese Alps | Bern/Valais | Johann Georg Altmann[3] | No | Swiss historian and naturalist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
Piz Amalia | 2918 | 68 | 46°40′51″N 10°19′51″E / 46.68083°N 10.33083°E / 46.68083; 10.33083 | Sesvenna Alps | Graubünden | Catharina-Amalia | No | Dutch heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, unofficial name |
Pointe Burnaby | 4135 | 30 | 46°07′07″N 07°43′05″E / 46.11861°N 7.71806°E / 46.11861; 7.71806 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Elizabeth Burnaby | Yes | British pioneer of mountaineering |
Punta Carrel | 3841 | 61 | 45°58′17″N 07°36′58″E / 45.97139°N 7.61611°E / 45.97139; 7.61611 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Jean-Antoine Carrel | No | Italian mountain guide |
Desorstock | 2872 | 15 | 46°33′24″N 08°11′36″E / 46.55667°N 8.19333°E / 46.55667; 8.19333 | Bernese Alps | Bern | Pierre Jean Édouard Desor | No | Swiss geologist ad naturalist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
Dufourspitze | 4634 | 2165 | 45°56′13″N 07°52′01″E / 45.93694°N 7.86694°E / 45.93694; 7.86694 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Guillaume-Henri Dufour | No | Swiss general and author of the Dufour Map, main summit of Monte Rosa |
Dunantspitze | 4632 | 15 | 45°56′13″N 07°52′04″E / 45.93694°N 7.86778°E / 45.93694; 7.86778 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Henry Dunant | No | Swiss philanthropist and founder of the Red Cross, summit on Monte Rosa |
Escherhorn | 3078 | 43 | 46°33′27″N 08°11′49″E / 46.55750°N 8.19694°E / 46.55750; 8.19694 | Bernese Alps | Bern | Arnold Escher von der Linth | No | Swiss geologist and mountaineer, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
Aiguille Forbes | 3489 | 44 | 45°58′24″N 07°00′37″E / 45.97333°N 7.01028°E / 45.97333; 7.01028 | Mont Blanc massif | Valais | James David Forbes | No | British physicist and glaciologist |
Gertrudspitze | 2633 | 31 | 46°40′47″N 08°11′00″E / 46.67972°N 8.18333°E / 46.67972; 8.18333 | Bernese Alps | Bern | Gertrude Bell | Yes | British writer and traveller |
Punta Gnifetti (Signalkuppe) | 4554 | 102 | 45°55′38″N 07°52′37″E / 45.92722°N 7.87694°E / 45.92722; 7.87694 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Giovanni Gnifetti | Yes | Italian parish priest from Alagna Valsesia, summit on Monte Rosa |
Grunerhorn | 3431 | 21 | 46°32′29″N 08°10′53″E / 46.54139°N 8.18139°E / 46.54139; 8.18139 | Bernese Alps | Bern | Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner | No | Swiss cartographer and geologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
Hugihorn | 3647 | 82 | 46°34′22″N 08°08′49″E / 46.57278°N 8.14694°E / 46.57278; 8.14694 | Bernese Alps | Bern | Franz Joseph Hugi | No | Swiss geologist and pioneer in winter mountaineering, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
Piz Jenatsch | 3251 | 131 | 46°32′33″N 09°43′00″E / 46.54250°N 9.71667°E / 46.54250; 9.71667 | Albula Alps | Graubünden | Jörg Jenatsch | No | Swiss political leader during the Thirty Years' War |
Kingspitz | 2621 | 111 | 46°40′32″N 08°10′35″E / 46.67556°N 8.17639°E / 46.67556; 8.17639 | Bernese Alps | Bern | Seymour King | Yes | British banker and politician |
Pointe Kurz | 3680 | 174 | 45°56′18″N 07°02′08″E / 45.93833°N 7.03556°E / 45.93833; 7.03556 | Mont Blanc massif | Valais | Marcel (Louis) Kurz | Yes | Swiss climber and topographer |
Lüdwigshöhe | 4341 | 58 | 45°55′02″N 07°51′44″E / 45.91722°N 7.86222°E / 45.91722; 7.86222 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Ludwig von Welden | Yes | Austrian army topographer, summit on Monte Rosa |
Pointe Morin | 3590 | 46 | 45°56′37″N 07°02′12″E / 45.94361°N 7.03667°E / 45.94361; 7.03667 | Mont Blanc massif | Valais | Jean-Antoine Morin | Yes | |
Parrotspitze | 4432 | 136 | 45°55′11″N 07°52′17″E / 45.91972°N 7.87139°E / 45.91972; 7.87139 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Friedrich Parrot | No | German naturalist who attempted the ascent, summit on Monte Rosa |
Pilatus | 2128 | 585 | 46°58′26″N 08°14′28″E / 46.97389°N 8.24111°E / 46.97389; 8.24111 | Emmental Alps | Nidwalden/Obwalden | Pontius Pilate | No | Roman prefect whose spirit was believed to haunt the mountain |
Aiguille Purtscheller | 3475 | 95 | 45°59′29″N 07°00′45″E / 45.99139°N 7.01250°E / 45.99139; 7.01250 | Mont Blanc massif | Valais | Ludwig Purtscheller | Yes | Austrian mountaineer |
Pic Tyndall | 4241 | 15 | 45°58′30″N 07°39′16″E / 45.97500°N 7.65444°E / 45.97500; 7.65444 | Pennine Alps | Valais | John Tyndall | Yes | British physicist, first ascent when attempting to climb the Matterhorn |
Scheuchzerhorn | 3456 | 116 | 46°32′38″N 08°11′24″E / 46.54389°N 8.19000°E / 46.54389; 8.19000 | Bernese Alps | Bern | Johann Jakob Scheuchzer | No | Swiss paleontologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
Studerhorn | 3634 | 226 | 46°31′58″N 08°08′52″E / 46.53278°N 8.14778°E / 46.53278; 8.14778 | Bernese Alps | Bern/Valais | Gottlieb Samuel Studer | No | Swiss draughtsman and mountaineer, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
Ulrichshorn | 3925 | 75 | 46°31′55″N 07°58′02″E / 46.53194°N 7.96722°E / 46.53194; 7.96722 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Melchior Ulrich | Yes | Swiss mountain guide |
Ulrichspitze | 2637 | 50 | 46°40′44″N 08°11′02″E / 46.67889°N 8.18389°E / 46.67889; 8.18389 | Bernese Alps | Bern | Ulrich Fuhrer | Yes | Swiss mountain guide |
Zumsteinspitze | 4563 | 110 | 45°55′55″N 07°52′17″E / 45.93194°N 7.87139°E / 45.93194; 7.87139 | Pennine Alps | Valais | Joseph Zumstein | Yes | Italian topographer from Gressoney, summit on Monte Rosa |