This is the heavily crevassed north west flank of the Monte Rosa glacier and Monte Rosa mountain, the highest mountain in Switzerland though shared with Italy at 4634m high, climbers tracks can be seen to the right. Monte Rosa is located near the Swiss mountain holiday resort town of Zermatt in the Swiss Canton of Valais as it was in 1986

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This is the heavily crevassed north west flank of the Monte Rosa glacier and Monte Rosa mountain, the highest mountain in Switzerland though shared with Italy at 4634m high, climbers tracks can be seen to the right. Monte Rosa is located near the Swiss mountain holiday resort town of Zermatt in the Swiss Canton of Valais as it was in 1986

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Size: 6000px × 4382px
Location: Zermatt, Switzerland
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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