Pizzo Quadro

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Pizzo Quadro
Pizzo Quadro - panoramio.jpg
height 2793  m above sea level M.
location Border Ticino , Switzerland / Piedmont , Italy
Mountains Lepontine Alps
Dominance 5.7 km →  Pizzo Bìela
Notch height 470 m ↓  Passo di Bosco
Coordinates , ( CH ) 46 ° 17 '54 "  N , 8 ° 25' 40"  O ( 676 212  /  127 916 ) coordinates: 46 ° 17 '54 "  N , 8 ° 25' 40"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred seventy-six thousand two hundred and twelve  /  one hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and sixteen
Pizzo Quadro (Canton Ticino)
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The Pizzo Quadro (dt. Also obsolete Sonnenhorn ) is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland .

The mountain is 2793 meters high and is located west of the Maggia Valley . In addition to the national border, the borders of the municipalities of Premia (Italy) and Campo (Switzerland) run across the summit .

literature

  • Albert Siegenthaler and Hermann Vögeli: Directory of Swiss peaks over 2000 m. Swiss Alpine Club, 1979, page 106.