Gazzirola

Gazzirola
Garzirola

View from Val Colla (south-west side)
Highest point
Elevation 2,116 m (6,942 ft)
Prominence 56 m (184 ft)[1]
Parent peak Vetta del Vallone
Coordinates 46°07′05″N 9°04′21″E / 46.11806°N 9.07250°E / 46.11806; 9.07250Coordinates: 46°07′05″N 9°04′21″E / 46.11806°N 9.07250°E / 46.11806; 9.07250
Geography
Gazzirola

Location in the Alps

Location Ticino, Switzerland
Lombardy, Italy
Parent range Lugano Prealps

The Gazzirola (also known as Garzirola) is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps on the Swiss-Italian border.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[2]

Mountain huts

Not far from the mountain are located three mountain huts: Capanna San Lucio (1,540 m), Rifugio San Lucio (1,554 m) and Rifugio Garzirola (1,974 m).

Notes

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is located east of Monte Segor at 2,060 metres.
  2. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/20/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.