Pizzo di Cassimoi

Pizzo di Cassimoi

Pizzo di Cassimoi (far left) from above Zervreilasee
Highest point
Elevation 3,129 m (10,266 ft)
Prominence 242 m (794 ft)[1]
Parent peak Rheinwaldhorn
Coordinates 46°31′44″N 9°01′05″E / 46.52889°N 9.01806°E / 46.52889; 9.01806Coordinates: 46°31′44″N 9°01′05″E / 46.52889°N 9.01806°E / 46.52889; 9.01806
Geography
Pizzo di Cassimoi

Location in Switzerland

Location Ticino/Graubünden, Switzerland
Parent range Lepontine Alps

Pizzo di Cassimoi is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Ticino (west) and Graubünden (east). The mountain overlooks two lakes: Lago di Luzzone on its north-eastern side and Zervreilasee on its north-eastern side.

A glacier named Vadrecc di Sorda lies over the northern flanks below a secondary summit (Pizzo Cassinello, 3,103 metres) on the side of Ticino.

Position on map http://map.geo.admin.ch/

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located south of the summit at 2,887 metres.


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