Cima di Jazzi
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Cima di Jazzi | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,792 m (12,441 ft) |
Prominence | 241 m (791 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Monte Rosa |
Coordinates | 45°58′51.9″N 7°53′40.9″E / 45.981083°N 7.894694°E |
Geography | |
Location | Valais, Switzerland Piedmont, Italy |
Parent range | Pennine Alps |
The Cima di Jazzi (English: Jazzi Peak) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border, just north of Monte Rosa. It overlooks Macugnaga on its east (Italian) side. The west (Swiss) side is entirely covered by glaciers.
Cima di Jazzi is a snow cap, the peak of the Weissgrats located north of the Y-shaped mountain rock corset. Jazzi is a common name in the Valais Alps and actually means ''mountain pasture''.[2]
Geography
The SOIUSA partition of the Alps places the mountain in the Monte Rosa group of the alpine subsection Eastern Aosta and Northern Valsesia Alps (Pennine Alps); its code is: I/B-9.III-A.3.a.[3]
Mountain huts
- Rifugio Eugenio Sella,
- Bivacco Città di Luino,
- Monte Rosa Hütte.
References
- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Altes Weisstor (3,551 m).
- ^ "Cima di Jazzi | Alpinism". Swiss Alpine Club SAC. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
External links
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