Bessanèse

Bessanèse
Bessanèse
Uia di Bessanese
	Bessanèse from the Italian side
Highest point
Elevation	3,592 m (11,785 ft)
Prominence	394 m (1,293 ft)
Listing	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	45°11′N 7°04′E / 45.18°N 7.07°ECoordinates: 45°11′N 7°04′E / 45.18°N 7.07°E
Geography
	Bessanèse Location in the Alps
Location	Savoie, France and Piedmont, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
First ascent	31-8-1857 by

Bessanèse (Uia di Bessanese in Italian) (3,594 m), is a mountain of the Graian Alps on the France and Italy border.

Features[]

Most famous on its Italian side, the mountain lies at the head of the Valli di Lanzo, around 30 km north of Turin. A popular hiking peak, its summit lies on a 150 m long ridge.^[3]

Bibliography[]

Giulio Berutto and Lino Fornelli (1980). Alpi Graie Meridionali, Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in Italian). Milano: Club Alpino Italiano and Touring Club Italiano. ISBN 978-88-365-0077-2.

Maps[]

French official cartography (Institut géographique national - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi 1:50.000 nr 2 Valli di Lanzo e Moncenisio

References[]

Media related to Uia di Bessanese at Wikimedia Commons

^ "Uia Di Bessanese". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
^ (Berutto and Fornelli 1980, p. 275)
^ "Bessanese - summitpost". summitpost.org. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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[1] "Uia Di Bessanese". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

[2] (Berutto and Fornelli 1980, p. 275)

[summitpost-3] "Bessanese - summitpost". summitpost.org. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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