Mount Pilatus is a mountain near Lucerne, Switzerland. image of mount pilatus, lucerne-switzerland picture by ivo meier, switzerland, 2003 www. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... Portions of the range of the Alps called the Bernese Oberland are in Cantons other than that of Bern, see: Vaud, Fribourg, the Valais, Lucerne, Uri, and Nidwalden. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Lucerne (German: Luzern) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (31 December 2003), capital of the canton of Lucerne. ...

The top can be reached with the world’s steepest cog railway from Alpnachstad, operating from May to November (depending on snow conditions), and the whole year with the aerial tramway from Kriens. The rack rail on a cog railway. ... Cable car at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps. ...

It was named after a local legend that Pontius Pilate was buried there. Pontius Pilate (Latin Pontius Pilatus) was the governor of the small Roman province of Judea from AD 26 until around 36 AD, although Tacitus believed him to be the procurator of that province. ...

External link

• http://www.pilatus.ch