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Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera) is a small, landlocked country in the heart of Europe, covering about 15,940 square miles (41,285 km²). The Alps fill more than half of the land with snowy peaks, glaciers and deep valleys, while the rolling Swiss Plateau and the forested Jura hills hold most of its towns and around 1,500 lakes.

Its most famous natural landmark is the Matterhorn, a near-perfect pyramid of rock rising to 14,692 feet (4,478 m) above Zermatt. The highest peak is the Dufourspitze in the Monte Rosa massif at 15,203 feet (4,634 m). The Aletsch Glacier, the longest in the Alps, flows for about 14 miles (23 km) below the Jungfrau.

Chamois, marmots and golden eagles live high in the mountains, and red deer roam the Swiss National Park, the oldest national park in the Alps, founded in 1914. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region and the fossil-rich Monte San Giorgio are among its UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Did You Know? Alpine ibex were wiped out in Switzerland by the 1800s, and almost every ibex in the country today descends from a few young animals smuggled in from Italy's Gran Paradiso in 1906.

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