Beautiful Matterhorn mountain, southern Switzerland
The Matterhorn (German), Cervino (Italian) or Cervin (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps. With its 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high summit, lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and its 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) north face is one of the Great north faces of the Alps. It is also one of the deadliest peaks in the Alps: from 1865 to 1995, over 500 alpinists have died on it.
The mountain overlooks the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais on the north and Cervinia in the Aosta Valley on the south.
Although not the highest mountain in Switzerland, the Matterhorn is considered as an iconic emblem of the region of the Swiss Alps.
马特峰（德語：Matterhorn，意大利語：Monte Cervino，法語：Mont Cervin）也称切尔维诺峰，是阿爾卑斯山脈中最著名的山峰。馬特洪峰的位置在瑞士、意大利邊境，附近是瑞士瓦萊州小鎮采尔马特和意大利亞奧斯他谷的小鎮布勒伊-切尔维尼亚（Breuil-Cervinia）。馬特洪峰的名稱是由德語“Matt”（意为山谷、草地）和“horn”（意为山峰呈錐狀像一隻角）。
馬特洪峰是一個有四個面的錐體，分別面向東南西北。每一個面都非常陡峭，因此只有少量的雪黏在表面，間中發生的雪崩把過多積雪推到峰下的冰川裡。登峰者慣常從東北角的Hörnli山脊上山。
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