Toponymy
The different names of the mountains and other landforms are named in the four national languages. The table below gives the most recurrent names.
| English | German | French | Italian | Romansh | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount | Berg, Stock | Mont | Monte | Munt, Cuolm | Gamsberg, Dammastock, Mont Vélan, Monte Generoso, Munt Pers |
| Summit | Gipfel | Cime | Cima | Tschima | Grenzgipfel, Cima di Gana Bianca, Tschima da Flix |
| Peak | Spitze | Pointe, Pic | Pizzo | Piz, Péz | Lenzspitze, Pointe de Zinal, Pizzo Campo Tencia, Piz Roseg |
| Needle | Nadel | Aiguille | Ago | Ago, Guila | Nadelhorn, Aiguille d'Argentière, Ago di Sciora |
| Horn | Horn | Corne | Corno | Corn | Wetterhorn, Corne de Sorebois, Corn da Tinizong |
| Tower | Turm | Tour | Torre | Tuor | Tour Sallière, Torrone Alto |
| Head | Kopf | Tête | Testa | Tgau | Bürkelkopf, Tête Blanche |
| Ridge | Grat | Crêt | Cresta | Fil, Cresta | Gornergrat, Crêt du Midi, Fil de Cassons |
| Glacier | Gletscher, Firn | Glacier | Ghiacciaio | Glatscher, Vadret | Unteraargletscher, Hüfifirn, Glacier de Corbassière, Ghiacciaio del Basodino, Vadret da Morteratsch, Glatscher dil Vorab |
| Valley | Tal | Val | Valle, Val | Val | Mattertal, Val d'Hérens, Valle Maggia |
| Pass | Pass, Joch | Col, Pas | Passo | Pass | Jungfraujoch, Panix Pass, Pas de Cheville, Passo del San Gottardo |
Also a large number of peaks outside the Alps were named or nicknamed after Swiss mountains, such as the Wetterhorn Peak in Colorado or the Matterhorn Peak in California (see the Matterhorn article for a list of Matterhorns in the world).
The confluence of the Baltoro Glacier and the Godwin-Austen Glacier south of K2 in the Karakoram range was named after the Konkordiaplatz by European explorers.
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