Gross Schinhorn
Gross Schinhorn | |
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Punta di Valdeserta | |
![]() ![]() Gross Schinhorn Location in the Alps | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,939 m (9,642 ft) |
Prominence | 465 m (1,526 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Monte Leone |
Coordinates | 46°21′39″N 8°15′36″E / 46.36083°N 8.26000°ECoordinates: 46°21′39″N 8°15′36″E / 46.36083°N 8.26000°E |
Geography | |
Location | Piedmont, Italy/Valais, Switzerland |
Parent range | Lepontine Alps |
The Gross Schinhorn (also known as Punta di Valdeserta) is a 2,939-metre-high (9,642 ft) mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border.
A lower summit (2,917 m) named Klein Schinhorn lies north of the Gross Schinhorn. The two summits are referred as the Schinhörner.
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Categories:
- Mountains of the Alps
- Mountains of Switzerland
- Mountains of Italy
- Italy–Switzerland border
- International mountains of Europe
- Mountains of Valais
- Lepontine Alps
- Two-thousanders of Switzerland
- Switzerland mountain stubs