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Cima Verosso

Coordinates: 46°8′49″N 8°9′22″E / 46.14694°N 8.15611°E / 46.14694; 8.15611
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Cima Verosso
Summit cross on Cima Verosso. Background: Breithorn and Monte Leone
Highest point
Elevation2,444 m (8,018 ft)
Prominence118 m (387 ft)[1]
Coordinates46°8′49″N 8°9′22″E / 46.14694°N 8.15611°E / 46.14694; 8.15611
Geography
Cima Verosso is located in Alps
Cima Verosso
Cima Verosso
Location in the Alps
LocationPiedmont, Italy
(mountain partially in Switzerland)
Parent rangePennine Alps

The Cima Verosso (2,444 m) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located west of Bognanco in the Italian region of Piedmont. It lies on the range east of the Portjengrat between the Val Divedro and the Valle di Bognanco. Its summit lies just east of the watershed and border with the Swiss canton of Valais.

On its western (Swiss side), the mountain overlooks the lake Tschawinersee.

References

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  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located south of the summit at 2,326 metres.
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