Cervin is a mountain of the alps straddling the main watershed and border between switzerland and italy it is a large near symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended monte rosa area of the pennine alps whose summit is 4 478 metres 14 692 ft high making it one of the highest.
What is a matterhorn.
14 780 feet 4 505 meters.
Matterhorn definition a mountain on the border of switzerland and italy in the pennine alps.
The matterhorn is a pyramidal shaped colossus standing at a skyline dominating elevation of 4478 metres 14 690 feet tall which makes it the sixth highest mountain.
Matterhorn one of the best known mountains in the alps straddling the frontier between switzerland and italy 6 miles 10 km southwest of the village of zermatt switzerland.
It stands 14 692 feet 4 478 meters.
The cable car trip from town to the top is a pleasant experience and once at the top the snow covere.
If you are in the zermatt area a visit to the matterhorn peak and glacier paradise is a must.
Matterhorn elevation location matterhorn mountain is situated in the pennine alps on the border between switzerland and italy is one of the most famous and distinctive of all alpine peaks.
The name matterhorn means roughly the peak in the meadows.