Gornergrat

Gornergrat
Summit of Gornergrat with observatory
Highest point
Peak	unnamed
Elevation	3,135 m (10,285 ft)
Prominence	50 m (160 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Monte Rosa
Coordinates	45°59′00″N 07°47′05″E / 45.98333°N 7.78472°E / 45.98333; 7.78472
Naming
English translation	Gorner Ridge
Language of name	German
Geography
Gornergrat Location in Switzerland
Location	Valais
Country	Switzerland
Parent range	Pennine Alps
Topo map	Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

The Gornergrat (English: Gorner Ridge; 3,135 m (10,285 ft)) is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway (GGB), the highest open-air railway in Europe. Between the Gornergrat railway station (3,090 m (10,140 ft)) and the summit is the Kulm Hotel (3,120 m (10,240 ft)). In the late 1960s two astronomical observatories were installed in the two towers of the Kulmhotel Gornergrat. The project “Stellarium Gornergrat” is hosted in the Gornergrat South Observatory.