List of mountains of Switzerland named after people

This is a list of mountains and summits of Switzerland named after people. Only a few mountains were named after people, as it is not a common practice in Switzerland. These mountains were often named after those who were the first to climb them, but also after distinguished Swiss personalities, such as Guillaume-Henri Dufour, Henry Dunant and Louis Agassiz.

Most of the listed mountains are located in the Unteraar Glacier basin (8), on Monte Rosa (6), in the Mont Blanc massif (4) and in the Engelhörner massif (3).

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List MountainAll mountain heights and prominences are from the 1:25,000 Swisstopo topographic maps.Height (m)Drop (m)CoordinatesRange Canton(s)NamesakeFirst ascentNotesAgassizhorn3946199Bernese AlpsBern/ValaisLouis AgassizNoSwiss pioneering biologist and geologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basinAltmann346277Bernese AlpsBern/ValaisJohann Georg AltmannPaul Caminada, Pioniere der Alpentopographie: die Geschichte der Schweizer Kartenkunst, AS Verlag, 2003 (p. 106)NoSwiss historian and naturalist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basinPiz Amalia291868Sesvenna AlpsGraubündenCatharina-AmaliaNoDutch heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, unofficial namePointe Burnaby413530Pennine AlpsValaisElizabeth BurnabyYesBritish pioneer of mountaineeringPunta Carrel384161Pennine AlpsValaisJean-Antoine CarrelNoItalian mountain guideDesorstock287215Bernese AlpsBernPierre Jean Édouard DesorNoSwiss geologist ad naturalist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basinDufourspitze46342165Pennine AlpsValaisGuillaume-Henri DufourNoSwiss general and author of the Dufour Map, main summit of Monte RosaDunantspitze463215Pennine AlpsValaisHenry DunantNoSwiss philanthropist and founder of the Red Cross, summit on Monte RosaEscherhorn307843Bernese AlpsBernArnold Escher von der LinthNoSwiss geologist and mountaineer, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basinAiguille Forbes348944Mont Blanc massifValaisJames David ForbesNoBritish physicist and glaciologistGertrudspitze263331Bernese AlpsBernGertrude BellYesBritish writer and travellerPunta Gnifetti (Signalkuppe)4554102Pennine AlpsValaisGiovanni GnifettiYesItalian parish priest from Alagna Valsesia, summit on Monte RosaGrunerhorn343121Bernese AlpsBernGottlieb Sigmund GrunerNoSwiss cartographer and geologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basinHugihorn364782Bernese AlpsBernFranz Joseph HugiNoSwiss geologist and pioneer in winter mountaineering, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basinPiz Jenatsch3251131Albula AlpsGraubündenJörg JenatschNoSwiss political leader during the Thirty Years' WarKingspitz2621111Bernese AlpsBernSeymour KingYesBritish banker and politicianPointe Kurz3680174Mont Blanc massifValaisMarcel (Louis) KurzYesSwiss climber and topographerLüdwigshöhe434158Pennine AlpsValaisLudwig von WeldenYesAustrian army topographer, summit on Monte RosaPointe Morin359046Mont Blanc massifValaisJean-Antoine MorinYesParrotspitze4432136Pennine AlpsValaisFriedrich ParrotNoGerman naturalist who attempted the ascent, summit on Monte RosaPilatus2128585Emmental AlpsNidwalden/ObwaldenPontius PilateNoRoman prefect whose spirit was believed to haunt the mountainAiguille Purtscheller347595Mont Blanc massifValaisLudwig PurtschellerYesAustrian mountaineerPic Tyndall424115Pennine AlpsValaisJohn TyndallYesBritish physicist, first ascent when attempting to climb the MatterhornScheuchzerhorn3456116Bernese AlpsBernJohann Jakob ScheuchzerNoSwiss paleontologist, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basinStuderhorn3634226Bernese AlpsBern/ValaisGottlieb Samuel StuderNoSwiss draughtsman and mountaineer, summit in the Unteraar Glacier basinUlrichshorn392575Pennine AlpsValaisMelchior UlrichYesSwiss mountain guideUlrichspitze263750Bernese AlpsBernUlrich FuhrerYesSwiss mountain guideZumsteinspitze4563110Pennine AlpsValaisJoseph ZumsteinYesItalian topographer from Gressoney, summit on Monte Rosa

List of mountains of Switzerland named after people

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