Nordend
{{short description|Summit in the Pennine Alps}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name= Nordend
| photo= Nordend.jpg
| photo_size= 285
| photo_caption= East face
| elevation_m= 4,608
| elevation_ref=
| prominence= 89 m ↓ Silbersattel
| prominence_ref=
| isolation= 0.575 km → Grenzgipfel
| parent_peak= Dufourspitze of Monte Rosa
| translation= North End
| language= German
| location= Swiss (Valais) - Italian (Piedmont) border
| country= {{hlist|Switzerland|Italy}}
| listing=
| map = Alps#Italy Piedmont#Switzerland
| coordinates= {{coord|45|56|32|N|7|52|12|E|type:mountain_region:CH-VS_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates=
| topo_map= Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
| mountain_type= peak
| age=
| first_ascent= 1861
| easiest_route= rock/snow/ice climb
}}
Nordend (meaning north end in German) is a northern peak of the Monte Rosa Massif. Nordend is the fourth highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze (4,634 m), the Dunantspitze (4,632 m) and the Grenzgipfel (4,618 m).
See also
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External links
- [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150580/nordend.html Nordend on Summitpost]
{{commons category|Nordend}}
Category:Mountains of the Alps
Category:Alpine four-thousanders
Category:Mountains of Piedmont
Category:Italy–Switzerland border
Category:International mountains of Europe
Category:Mountains of Switzerland
Category:Four-thousanders of Switzerland
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