Dom (mountain)

Dom
Dom
	The north side of the Dom and the Mischabel massif
Highest point
Elevation	4,546 m (14,915 ft)
Prominence	1057 m ↓ Neues Weisstor
Parent peak	Monte Rosa
Isolation	16.8 km → Nordend
Listing	Seven Third Summits;
Coordinates	46°05′42″N 7°51′36″E / 46.09500°N 7.86000°E
Geography
	Dom Location in Switzerland
Location	Valais, Switzerland
Parent range	Pennine Alps
Topo map	Swisstopo 1328 Randa
Climbing
First ascent	1858 by John Llewelyn Davies guided by Johann Zumtaugwald, Johann Krönig and Hieronymous Brantschen
Easiest route	North flank (PD)

The Dom is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between Randa and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With a height of 4,546 m (14,915 ft), it is the seventh highest summit in the Alps, overall.^[3] Based on prominence, it can be regarded as the third highest mountain in the Alps,^[4] and the second highest in Switzerland, after Monte Rosa.^[5] The Dom is the main summit of the Mischabel group (German: Mischabelhörner), which is the highest massif lying entirely in Switzerland.

The Dom is noteworthy for its 'normal route' of ascent having the greatest vertical height gain of all the alpine 4000 metre peaks, and none of that route's 3,100 metres of height can be achieved using mechanical means.^[6]^: 114

Although Dom is a German cognate for 'dome', it can also mean 'cathedral' and the mountain is named after Canon Berchtold of Sitten cathedral, the first person to survey the vicinity.^[7]

The former name Mischabel comes from an ancient German dialect term for pitchfork, as the highest peaks of the massif stand close to each other.

^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Neues Weisstor, between the Schwarzberghorn and the Cima di Jazzi, at 3,489 metres.
^ Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is north of the Nordend.
^ "The 4000ers of the Alps: Official UIAA List" (PDF). UIAA-Bulletin (145). March 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2010.
^ based on a height difference of at least 300 metres above other points.
^ Without counting subsidiary summits of Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa.
^ Cite error: The named reference Moran was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Dumler, Helmut; Burkhardt, Will P. (1994). The high mountains of the Alps. London/Seattle: Diadem. pp. 73–75. ISBN 0906371430.

[1] Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Neues Weisstor, between the Schwarzberghorn and the Cima di Jazzi, at 3,489 metres.

[2] Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is north of the Nordend.

[UIAAList-3] "The 4000ers of the Alps: Official UIAA List" (PDF). UIAA-Bulletin (145). March 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2010.

[4] sed on a height difference of at least 300 metres above other points.

[5] Without counting subsidiary summits of Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa.

[Moran-6] Cite error: The named reference Moran was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[DumlerHigh-7] Dumler, Helmut; Burkhardt, Will P. (1994). The high mountains of the Alps. London/Seattle: Diadem. pp. 73–75. ISBN 0906371430.

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