Grenzgipfel

Mountain in Switzerland
Grenzgipfel is located in Alps
Grenzgipfel
Grenzgipfel
Location in the Alps
LocationItalian (Piedmont) - Swiss (Valais) borderCountriesItaly and SwitzerlandParent rangePennine AlpsTopo mapSwiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopoClimbingFirst ascent12 August 1848 by Johann Madutz and Matthias zum Taugwald.[3]

The Grenzgipfel (4,618 m)[4] (German for Border Summit) is a peak of Monte Rosa Massif (Pennine Alps), located on the border between Italy and Switzerland.

The Grenzgipfel is the highest summit on the Italian side of the Monte Rosa massif and the highest point of the entire border between Italy and Switzerland; it is also the culminating point of the Italian region of Piedmont and of the Ticino river drainage basin.

The closest locality is Macugnaga, which is located east of the Monte Rosa Massif.

See also

References

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps.
  2. ^ "Grenzgipfel". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ Gottlieb Studer, Über Eis und Schnee: Die höchsten Gipfel der Schweiz und die Geschichte ihrer Besteigung, Volume 2, Schmid, Francke & Company, 1899, pp. 78-85
  4. ^ According to Collomb, the 'false Grenzgipfel' is 4,618 m, while the 'true Grenzgipfel' is 4,596 m. Collomb, Robin G., Pennine Alps Central, London: Alpine Club, 1975, p. 172

External links

  • The Monte Rosa group on SummitPost
  • Grenzgipfel on Hikr


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