Swiss Alps - Toponymy

Toponymy

The different names of the mountains and other landforms are named in the four national languages. The table below gives the most recurrent names.

English	German	French	Italian	Romansh	Examples
Mount	Berg, Stock	Mont	Monte	Munt, Cuolm	Gamsberg, Dammastock, Mont Vélan, Monte Generoso, Munt Pers
Summit	Gipfel	Cime	Cima	Tschima	Grenzgipfel, Cima di Gana Bianca, Tschima da Flix
Peak	Spitze	Pointe, Pic	Pizzo	Piz, Péz	Lenzspitze, Pointe de Zinal, Pizzo Campo Tencia, Piz Roseg
Needle	Nadel	Aiguille	Ago	Ago, Guila	Nadelhorn, Aiguille d'Argentière, Ago di Sciora
Horn	Horn	Corne	Corno	Corn	Wetterhorn, Corne de Sorebois, Corn da Tinizong
Tower	Turm	Tour	Torre	Tuor	Tour Sallière, Torrone Alto
Head	Kopf	Tête	Testa	Tgau	Bürkelkopf, Tête Blanche
Ridge	Grat	Crêt	Cresta	Fil, Cresta	Gornergrat, Crêt du Midi, Fil de Cassons
Glacier	Gletscher, Firn	Glacier	Ghiacciaio	Glatscher, Vadret	Unteraargletscher, Hüfifirn, Glacier de Corbassière, Ghiacciaio del Basodino, Vadret da Morteratsch, Glatscher dil Vorab
Valley	Tal	Val	Valle, Val	Val	Mattertal, Val d'Hérens, Valle Maggia
Pass	Pass, Joch	Col, Pas	Passo	Pass	Jungfraujoch, Panix Pass, Pas de Cheville, Passo del San Gottardo

Also a large number of peaks outside the Alps were named or nicknamed after Swiss mountains, such as the Wetterhorn Peak in Colorado or the Matterhorn Peak in California (see the Matterhorn article for a list of Matterhorns in the world).

The confluence of the Baltoro Glacier and the Godwin-Austen Glacier south of K2 in the Karakoram range was named after the Konkordiaplatz by European explorers.