List of mountains of Switzerland named after people
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This is a list of mountains and summits of Switzerland named after people. Only a few mountains were named after people, as it is not a common practice in Switzerland.[1] These mountains were often named after those who were the first to climb them, but also after distinguished Swiss personalities, such as Guillaume-Henri Dufour, Henry Dunant and Louis Agassiz.
Most of the listed mountains are located in the Unteraar Glacier basin (8), on Monte Rosa (6), in the Mont Blanc massif (4) and in the Engelhörner massif (3).
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List
| Mountain[2] | Height (m) | Drop (m) | Coordinates | Range | Canton(s) | Namesake | First ascent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agassizhorn | 3946 | 199 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern/Valais | Louis Agassiz | No | Swiss pioneering biologist and geologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
| Altmann | 3462 | 77 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern/Valais | Johann Georg Altmann[3] | No | Swiss historian and naturalist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
| Piz Amalia | 2918 | 68 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Sesvenna Alps | Graubünden | Catharina-Amalia | No | Dutch heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, unofficial name |
| Pointe Burnaby | 4135 | 30 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Elizabeth Burnaby | Yes | British pioneer of mountaineering |
| Punta Carrel | 3841 | 61 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Jean-Antoine Carrel | No | Italian mountain guide |
| Desorstock | 2872 | 15 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern | Pierre Jean Édouard Desor | No | Swiss geologist ad naturalist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
| Dufourspitze | 4634 | 2165 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Guillaume-Henri Dufour | No | Swiss general and author of the Dufour Map, main summit of Monte Rosa |
| Dunantspitze | 4632 | 15 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Henry Dunant | No | Swiss philanthropist and founder of the Red Cross, summit on Monte Rosa |
| Escherhorn | 3078 | 43 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern | Arnold Escher von der Linth | No | Swiss geologist and mountaineer, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
| Aiguille Forbes | 3489 | 44 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Mont Blanc massif | Valais | James David Forbes | No | British physicist and glaciologist |
| Gertrudspitze | 2633 | 31 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern | Gertrude Bell | Yes | British writer and traveller |
| Punta Gnifetti (Signalkuppe) | 4554 | 102 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Giovanni Gnifetti | Yes | Italian parish priest from Alagna Valsesia, summit on Monte Rosa |
| Grunerhorn | 3431 | 21 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern | Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner | No | Swiss cartographer and geologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
| Hugihorn | 3647 | 82 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern | Franz Joseph Hugi | No | Swiss geologist and pioneer in winter mountaineering, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
| Piz Jenatsch | 3251 | 131 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Albula Alps | Graubünden | Jörg Jenatsch | No | Swiss political leader during the Thirty Years' War |
| Kingspitz | 2621 | 111 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern | Seymour King | Yes | British banker and politician |
| Pointe Kurz | 3680 | 174 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Mont Blanc massif | Valais | Marcel (Louis) Kurz | Yes | Swiss climber and topographer |
| Lüdwigshöhe | 4341 | 58 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Ludwig von Welden | Yes | Austrian army topographer, summit on Monte Rosa |
| Pointe Morin | 3590 | 46 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Mont Blanc massif | Valais | Jean-Antoine Morin | Yes | |
| Parrotspitze | 4432 | 136 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Friedrich Parrot | No | German naturalist who attempted the ascent, summit on Monte Rosa |
| Mount Pilatus | 2128 | 585 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Emmental Alps | Nidwalden/Obwalden | Pontius Pilate | No | Roman prefect whose spirit was believed to haunt the mountain |
| Aiguille Purtscheller | 3475 | 95 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Mont Blanc massif | Valais | Ludwig Purtscheller | Yes | Austrian mountaineer |
| Pic Tyndall | 4241 | 15 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | John Tyndall | Yes | British physicist, first ascent when attempting to climb the Matterhorn |
| Scheuchzerhorn | 3456 | 116 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern | Johann Jakob Scheuchzer | No | Swiss paleontologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
| Studerhorn | 3634 | 226 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern/Valais | Gottlieb Samuel Studer | No | Swiss draughtsman and mountaineer, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basin |
| Ulrichshorn | 3925 | 75 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Melchior Ulrich | Yes | Swiss mountain guide |
| Ulrichspitze | 2637 | 50 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bernese Alps | Bern | Ulrich Fuhrer | Yes | Swiss mountain guide |
| Zumsteinspitze | 4563 | 110 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Pennine Alps | Valais | Joseph Zumstein | Yes | Italian topographer from Gressoney, summit on Monte Rosa |
