Scherbadung

Scherbadung
Pizzo Cervandone

View from the east side
Highest point
Elevation 3,211 m (10,535 ft)
Prominence 717 m (2,352 ft)[1]
Parent peak Monte Leone
Coordinates 46°19′27″N 8°13′23″E / 46.32417°N 8.22306°E / 46.32417; 8.22306Coordinates: 46°19′27″N 8°13′23″E / 46.32417°N 8.22306°E / 46.32417; 8.22306
Geography
Scherbadung

Location in the Alps

Location Piedmont, Italy/Valais, Switzerland
Parent range Lepontine Alps

The Scherbadung (also known as Pizzo Cervandone) is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. Its Italian name has been used to name the mineral cervandonite which has only been found there (Devero Alp; Devero Valley; Val Devero).

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