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MATTERHORN

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 895 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MATTERHORN , one of the best known mountains (14,782 ft.) in the See also:

Alps. It rises S.W. of the See also:village of See also:Zermatt, and on the frontier between See also:Switzerland (See also:canton of the See also:Valais) and See also:Italy. Though on the Swiss See also:side it appears to be an isolated See also:obelisk, it is really but the See also:butt end of a See also:ridge, while the Swiss slope is not nearly as steep or difficult as the See also:grand terraced walls of the See also:Italian slope. It was first conquered, after a number of attempts chiefly on the Italian side, on the 14th of See also:July 1865, by Mr E. See also:Whymper's party, three members of which (See also:Lord See also:Francis See also:Douglas, the Rev. C. See also:Hudson and Mr Hadow) with the See also:guide, See also: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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