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Italy. Ten summits in this huge mass are distinguished by name, of which four (the Nordend, 15,132 ft., the Zumsteinspitze, 15,004 ft., the Signalkuppe or Punta Gnifetti, 14,965 ft., and the Parrotspitze, 14,643 ft.) rise on the frontier. The five See also:

LOWER

lower summits are on the See also:

ITALIAN

Italian slope, but the highest of all, the Dufourspitze, 15,217 ft. (so named by the Swiss See also:

government in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

General See also:

DUFOUR, WILHELM HEINRICH [GUILLAUME HENRI] (1787–1875)

Dufour, the See also:

head of the great survey which first accurately fixed the position of these points), rises W. of the frontier See also:

ridge, on a See also:

BUTTRESS (from the O. Fr. bouteret, that which bears a thrust, from bouter, to push, cf. Eng. " butt " and " abutment ")

buttress, and is thus entirely in Switzer-See also:

LAND

land, of which it is the culminating See also:

PEAK, THE

peak (and not, as often stated, the Dom, 14,942 ft., in the Mischabel See also:

GROUP

group). The loftiest point of the Dufourspitze was first attained in 1855 by a large See also:

ENGLISH

English party, which included Messrs G. and C. See also:

Smyth, C. See also:

Hudson, See also:

BIRKBECK, GEORGE (1776-1841)

Birkbeck and See also:

Stevenson. The Zumsteinspitze was first climbed in 182o, the Signalkuppe (on See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of which there is now a See also:

CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club hut) in 1842, the Nordend in 1861 and the Parrotspitze in 1863. The ascent of all the points named is not difficult from the Swiss See also:

side, but excessively dangerous on the See also:

east or Italian side. (W. A. B.

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