Pizzo Bianco

Pizzo Bianco

View from the Belvedere (north side)
Highest point
Elevation 3,215 m (10,548 ft)
Prominence 225 m (738 ft)[1]
Parent peak Monte Rosa
Coordinates 45°56′17″N 7°56′24″E / 45.93806°N 7.94000°E / 45.93806; 7.94000Coordinates: 45°56′17″N 7°56′24″E / 45.93806°N 7.94000°E / 45.93806; 7.94000
Geography
Pizzo Bianco

Location in the Alps

Location Piedmont, Italy
Parent range Pennine Alps

Pizzo Bianco is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, overlooking Macugnaga in the Italian region of Piedmont. It lies on the range north of the Punta Grober, between the Belvedere Glacier and the valley of Quarazza.

Pizzo Bianco faces the east wall of Monte Rosa and is a popular vantage point. In 1789 Horace-Bénédict de Saussure reached its summit in order to mesure the height of Monte Rosa.

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is located south of the summit at 2,990 metres.

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