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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Pennine Alps |
Valais |
Elizabeth Burnaby |
Yes |
British pioneer of mountaineering |
Punta Carrel |
3841 |
61 |
45°58′17″N 07°36′58″E |
Pennine Alps |
Valais |
Jean-Antoine Carrel |
No |
Italian mountain guide |
Desorstock |
2872 |
15 |
46°33′24″N 08°11′36″E |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Mont Blanc massif |
Valais |
James David Forbes |
No |
British physicist and glaciologist |
Gertrudspitze |
2633 |
31 |
46°40′47″N 08°11′00″E |
Bernese Alps |
Bern |
Gertrude Bell |
Yes |
British writer and traveller |
Punta Gnifetti (Signalkuppe) |
4554 |
102 |
45°55′38″N 07°52′37″E |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Bernese Alps |
Bern |
Seymour King |
Yes |
British banker and politician |
Pointe Kurz |
3680 |
174 |
45°56′18″N 07°02′08″E |
Mont Blanc massif |
Valais |
Marcel (Louis) Kurz |
Yes |
Swiss climber and topographer |
Lüdwigshöhe |
4341 |
58 |
45°55′02″N 07°51′44″E |
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 |
Mont Blanc massif |
Valais |
Jean-Antoine Morin |
Yes |
|
Parrotspitze |
4432 |
136 |
45°55′11″N 07°52′17″E |
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 |
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 |
Mont Blanc massif |
Valais |
Ludwig Purtscheller |
Yes |
Austrian mountaineer |
Pic Tyndall |
4241 |
15 |
45°58′30″N 07°39′16″E |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Pennine Alps |
Valais |
Melchior Ulrich |
Yes |
Swiss mountain guide |
Ulrichspitze |
2637 |
50 |
46°40′44″N 08°11′02″E |
Bernese Alps |
Bern |
Ulrich Fuhrer |
Yes |
Swiss mountain guide |
Zumsteinspitze |
4563 |
110 |
45°55′55″N 07°52′17″E |
Pennine Alps |
Valais |
Joseph Zumstein |
Yes |
Italian topographer from Gressoney, summit on Monte Rosa |