Gornergrat
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The Gornergrat (English: Gorner Ridge; 3,135 m (10,285 ft)) is a rocky ridge of the Pennine 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 open-air railway in Europe. Between the Gornergrat railway station (3,090 m (10,140 ft)) and the summit is the Kulm Hotel (3,120 m (10,240 ft)). In the late 1960s two astronomical observatories were installed in the two towers of the Kulmhotel Gornergrat. The project “Stellarium Gornergrat” is hosted in the Gornergrat South Observatory.
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Gornergrat | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | unnamed |
Elevation | 3,135 m (10,285 ft) |
Prominence | 50 m (160 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Monte Rosa |
Coordinates | 45°59′00″N 07°47′05″E |
Naming | |
English translation | Gorner Ridge |
Language of name | German |
Geography | |
Location | Valais |
Country | Switzerland |
Parent range | Pennine Alps |
Topo map | Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo |
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