| Dunantspitze | |
|---|---|
| Ostspitze | |
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,632 m (15,197 ft) |
| Prominence | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Parent peak | Monte Rosa |
| Coordinates | 45°56′13″N 7°52′04″E / 45.93694°N 7.86778°E |
| Naming | |
| English translation | Peak Dunant[1] |
| Geography | |
  Dunantspitze Location in Switzerland | |
| Location | Valais, Switzerland |
| Parent range | Pennine Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 12 August 1848 by Johann Madutz and Matthias Zumtaugwald or 1 September 1854 by Ulrich Lauener, Johann and Matthias Zumtaugwald guiding Christopher, Edmund and James G. Smyth |
| Easiest route | West ridge from the Sattel or south-east ridge via the Grenzgipfel. |
The Dunantspitze[2] (German for "Peak Dunant",[1] 4,632 m), formerly called Ostspitze ("Eastern Peak"), is a peak of the Monte Rosa Massif in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the second highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze (4,634 m) and the second highest summit in Switzerland, but its prominence is only about 15 metres. At the time of its first ascent it was unclear which of the summits was the higher.
- ^ a b Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss Confederation (6 October 2014). ""Der schönste Berg der Schweiz"" (official speech) (in German and English). Berne, Switzerland: Federal Chancellery, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
Bern, 06.10.2014 - Gornergrat (Zermatt), 06.10.2014 - Speech by the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr. Didier Burkhalter, in occasion of the renaming of the Ostspitze to Peak Dunant - Check against delivery
- ^ "National Map 1:25 000" (Map). Dunantspitze. 1:25'000. "National Map 1:25 000: 247 sheets and 17 composites". Bern, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Office of Topography, swisstopo. 23 July 2014. § "1348 Zermatt". ISBN 978-3-302-01348-0. Retrieved 2014-10-07.