Zmutt (also spelled Z'mutt, Z'Mutt, Z-Mutt) is a small village in the municipality of

Zermatt Zermatt (, ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Visp (district), Visp in the German language, German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is cl ...

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, situated at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley (Zmuttal) west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint

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, patroness of the Valais. The valley passes the northern slope of the

Matterhorn The , ; ; ; or ; ; . is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the Main chain of the Alps, 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, ...

and terminates in the

Zmutt Glacier The Zmutt Glacier () is a long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of . See also *List of glaciers in Switzerland *List of glaciers *Retreat of glaciers since 1850 *Swiss ...

on the border to Italy's

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. The Zmutt dam at , constructed in 1964, has a height of 74 m and a capacity of 850'000 m³. This dam is fed by waters from the Zmutt, Bis and Schali Glacier.

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Z'mutt: Map and Pictures
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