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Encyclopedia Britannica



MATTERHORN

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 895 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAR-MEC
MATTERHORN , one of the best known mountains (14,782 ft.) in the Alps. It rises S.W. of the
village
  of
Zermatt
 , and on the frontier between Switzerland (
canton
  of the
Valais
 ) and
Italy
 . Though on the Swiss side it appears to be an isolated obelisk, it is really but the
butt
  end of a
ridge
 , while the Swiss slope is not nearly as steep or difficult as the grand terraced walls of the Italian slope. It was first conquered, after a number of attempts chiefly on the Italian side, on the 14th of July 1865, by Mr E. Whymper's party, three members of which (Lord Francis Douglas, the Rev. C.
Hudson
  and Mr Hadow) with the guide, Michel Croz, perished by a slip on the descent. Three days later it was scaled from the Italian side by a party of men from Val Tournanche. Nowadays it is frequently ascended in summer, especially from
Zermatt
 .


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