The Ludwigshöhe is a

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in the Pennine

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on the

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border. It is situated near the

Dufourspitze , it, Punta Dufour, rm, Piz da Dufour , translation = Peak Dufour, Highest Peak, Large Horn , photo = Monte Rosa summit.jpg , photo_size = , photo_caption = From the peak to the southeast towards Italy, the Dunantspi ...

in the

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. The summit is the

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between

Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

and

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Ludwigshöhe on Summitpost

Ludwigshöhe on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Alpine four-thousanders Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Italy Italy–Switzerland border International mountains of Europe Mountains of Valais Monte Rosa Four-thousanders of Switzerland {{Vercelli-geo-stub

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