Strahlhorn

Strahlhorn
Highest point
Elevation	4,190 m (13,750 ft)
Prominence	404 m (1,325 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Rimpfischhorn
Coordinates	46°00′47.6″N 7°54′06.3″E / 46.013222°N 7.901750°E / 46.013222; 7.901750
Geography
Strahlhorn Location in Switzerland
Location	Valais
Country	Switzerland
Parent range	Pennine Alps
Topo map	Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Climbing
First ascent	15 August 1854 by Christopher Smyth, Ulrich Lauener, Edmund J. Grenville and Franz-Josef Andenmatten
Easiest route	Basic snow climb

The Strahlhorn (4,190 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Saas-Fee and east of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It lies on the range that separates the Mattertal from the Saastal and is located approximately halfway between the Rimpfischhorn and the Schwarzberghorn.

There are three less known peaks of the same name in Switzerland (3027m, 3194m, 3200m).^[2]

• List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps

• Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994

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