{"id":7617,"date":"2020-04-22T17:14:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=7617"},"modified":"2020-04-22T17:14:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:44:20","slug":"matterhorn-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/matterhorn-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Matterhorn Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-section\" data-type=\"type-1\" data-alignment=\"left\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Geography<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gumlet.assettype.com\/eastmojo%2F2020-04%2Fcb6e821e-932e-4aeb-9c08-a5148cc7017c%2Findian_tricolour_switzerland.jpg?rect=0%2C204%2C1988%2C1118&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;fit=max&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=2.6\" alt=\"Indian tricolour projected at Switzerland's Matterhorn mountain\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2022 Indian Tricolour of more than 1,000 meters in size was projected on Matterhorn Mountain, Zermatt, Switzerland to express solidarity to all Indians in the fight against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><b>About:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.fs.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-551633e6f44cca621ce06f6ee42e8d80.webp\" alt=\"Which country has the best\/ most beautiful Alps? - Quora\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy.<\/strong> <\/span>It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 meters (14,692 ft) high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt, in the canton of Valais, to the north-east and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the south.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Matterhorn is mainly composed of gneisses (originally fragments of the African Plate before the Alpine orogeny) from the Dent Blanche nappe, lying over ophiolites and sedimentary rocks of the Penninic nappes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sometimes referred to as the Mountain of Mountains, the Matterhorn has become an iconic emblem of the Alps in general.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/adventures\/assets\/adventures\/images\/trip\/maps\/europe\/etm_map\" alt=\"Switzerland Hiking: Explore the Swiss Alps | REI Adventures\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Geography Why in news? 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