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Switzerland and Italy plan to partially redraw their land border near the Matterhorn due to melting glaciers shifting the existing boundary.
A treaty has been validated by Switzerland's Federal Council and is awaiting approval from the Italian government.
The situation highlights how climate change and geological shifts can alter national borders, particularly in mountainous regions.
Rhone glacier
The Rhone Glacier is a glacier in the Swiss Alps
The Rhône Glacier is the largest glacier in the Urner Alps.
It’s the source of the river Rhone and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais
The Dammastock (3,630 m) is the highest summit above the glacier.
Matterhorn peak
The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Italy and Switzerland.
It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps
Summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe
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