Bernina Alps
| Bernina Alps | |
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 Monte Disgrazia from the north (Val Sissone) |
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| Highest peak | Piz Bernina ( 4049 m above sea level ) |
| location | Engadin , Graubünden , Switzerland / Veltlin , Province of Sondrio , Italy |
| Classification according to | AVE : 66 |
| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 46 ° 20 ' N , 9 ° 46' O ( 778 927 / 134285 ) |
The Bernina Alps are a mountain group in the west of the central Eastern Alps on both sides of the Swiss - Italian border in the canton of Graubünden and the province of Sondrio . Its highest mountain, the 4,049 m high Piz Bernina , is the only four-thousand-meter peak in the Eastern Alps.
Location and size
The Bernina Alps are bordered (clockwise from north) by Berninabach , Berninapass , Acqua da Pila , Poschiavino , Adda , Lake Como , Mera , Malojapass and Inn and cover an area of 1470 km² with a circumference of 181 km. Its lowest point is on the shores of Lake Como at 199 m slm , which is a difference to the highest of 3850 m.
Group division
The Bernina Alps are divided into:
Bernina group
East of the Murettopass, which is centrally located in the main ridge, is the largest:
Southern Bergell Mountains
To the west of the aforementioned are the mountains to the south of Bergell , also known as the Val Másino group . In abbreviated form, they are also called Bergell , which is misleading because it is the name of the north-lying valley (Italian: Val Bregaglia ). But the term Bergell Alps , which is also used, can be misunderstood, as the valley also has mountains on its north side; however, these belong to the Albula Alps (northeastern neighboring mountains).
Group of Monte Disgrazia
The smallest group, named after its highest mountain ( Monte Disgrazia 3678 m slm ), is located south of the main ridge (state border) and is therefore entirely on Italian territory . It is located between the Val Masino and the Valmalenco . The northern limit to the aforementioned group runs over the Passo di Chiareggio ( 3107 m slm ).
For the sake of completeness, it should be mentioned that the term Masino-Bergell-Gruppe appears occasionally, which summarizes the last two ( including the Disgraziagruppe as a mountain ) and thus means the western half of the Bernina Alps. This is also done in the Bergalbum under Bergell .
Significant mountains
The mountains of the Bernina group (eastern part of the Bernina Alps) are there listed.
- Monte Disgrazia , 3678 m asl
- Cima di Castello , 3388 m asl
- Cima di Rosso , 3369 m asl
- Piz Cengalo , 3369 m slm
- Piz Badile , 3308 m slm
Refuges
The following alpine huts are located in the entire area:
- Bovalhütte , SAC section Bernina, 2495 m above sea level M.
- Tschiervahütte , SAC section Bernina, 2573 m above sea level. M.
- Coazhütte , SAC section Rhätia, 2610 m above sea level M.
- Fornohütte , SAC section Rohrschach, 2574 m above sea level. M.
- Albignahütte , SAC section Hoher Rohn, 2336 m above sea level. M.
- Rifugio Marco e Rosa , CAI section Valtellina 3609 m slm
- Rifugio Marinelli Bombardieri , CAI section Valtellina 2813 m slm
- Rifugio Carate Brianza , CAI section Carate Brianza 2636 m slm
- Rifugio Cesare Ponti , CAI section Milan, 2559 m slm
- Rifugio Longoni , CAI section Seregno 2450 m slm
- Rifugio Roberto Bignami , CAI section Milan 2401 m slm
- Rifugio Allievi-Bonacossa , CAI-Milan 2388 m slm
- Rifugio Bosio-Galli , CAI section Desio 2086 m slm
- Rifugio Luigi Brasca , CAI section Milan 1304 m slm
Note
For geology and glaciers , see the Bernina article .
gallery
Images of the Bernina group (eastern part of the Bernina Alps) are there shown.
Piz Cengalo left, Piz Badile right
View from the Bergell to the southeast
Monte Disgrazia from the southeast
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Höhne: Knaurs Lexicon for Mountain Friends / The Alps between Allgäu and Lake Garda . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-426-26224-X , p. 51 f .
- ↑ Representation in the mountain album according to the Alpine Club division of the Eastern Alps
