Monviso

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Monviso is a prominent pyramid-shaped mountain in northwestern Italy, renowned as one of the most distinctive peaks of the Alps and the source area of the Po River.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Monviso canonical 27
Mount Monviso 2
Monviso massif 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine three-thousander
mountain
climbingSeason summer
coordinates 44.667°N 7.083°E
country Italy
drainageBasin Po River basin
elevation 12,602 ft
3841 m
featuredOn regional symbols of Piedmont
firstAscentBy Frederick William Jacomb
linked to: F. W. Jacomb

Michel Croz
William Mathews
firstAscentDate 1861-08-30
geology metamorphic rocks
hasClimbingRoute Normal route from Pian del Re
hasGlaciers Coolidge Glacier
Monviso Glacier
hasListing Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Ultra-prominent peak of the Alps
hasParentPeak Monte Rosa (by some prominence lists)
linked to: Monte Rosa
hasRefuge Rifugio Alpetto
Rifugio Quintino Sella al Monviso
Rifugio Vallanta
Rifugio Vitale Giacoletti
hasShape pyramidal peak
isAlsoKnownAs Il Re di Pietra
Monte Viso
isOnBorderOf Italian-French Alpine watershed
isPartOfProtectedArea Parco del Monviso
isPartOfUNESCOBiosphereReserve Monviso Transboundary Biosphere Reserve
isSourceRegionOf Po River
isSymbolOf Piedmontese Alps
linked to: Cottian Alps

Po River headwaters
linked to: Po River
isVisibleFrom Po Valley
Turin
locatedIn Italy
Piedmont
locatedInMountainRange Cottian Alps
locatedInProvince Province of Cuneo
locatedInRegion Piedmont
locatedNearBorderWith France
near Po River headwaters
linked to: Po River
nearestMajorCity Turin
partOf Alps
prominence 1,962 m
6,437 ft
translationOfNickname The Stone King

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cottian Alps highestPoint Monviso
Cottian Alps contains Monviso
Pian del Re near Monviso
Pian del Re hasViewOf Monviso massif
linked to: Monviso
Rocciamelone hasViewOf Monviso
Monte Granero near Monviso
Val Po near Monviso
Val Varaita hasPeakNearby Monviso
Lamb Pass hasScenicViewOf Monviso
Col Agnel locatedNear Monviso
Col Agnel offersViewOf Monviso
Monviso Transboundary Biosphere Reserve coreFeature Mount Monviso
linked to: Monviso
Monviso Transboundary Biosphere Reserve namedAfter Mount Monviso
linked to: Monviso
Rifugio Vallanta hasViewOf Monviso
Rifugio Alpetto locatedNear Monviso
Il Re di Pietra refersTo Monviso
Parco del Monviso mainPeak Monviso
Monte Viso hasSummitName Monviso
Monte Viso alsoKnownAs Monviso
Monviso Glacier locatedIn Monviso
Monviso Glacier onSlopeOf Monviso
Monviso Glacier namedAfter Monviso
Coolidge Glacier locatedIn Monviso
Coolidge Glacier onSlopeOf Monviso