Monte Viso

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Monte Viso is a prominent peak in the Cottian Alps of northwest Italy, noted for its distinctive pyramid shape and as one of the highest mountains in the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Monte Viso canonical 2
Monviso summit 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine four-thousander candidate
mountain
alsoKnownAs Il Re di Pietra
Monviso
climbingDifficulty PD
country Italy
elevation 3841 m
firstAscentBy Frederick William Jacomb
linked to: F. W. Jacomb

Jean-Baptiste Croz
Michel Croz
William Mathews
firstAscentDate 1861-08-30
hasMountainHut Rifugio Quintino Sella al Monviso
Rifugio Vallanta
Rifugio Vitale Giacoletti
hasRockType metamorphic rock
ophiolite
hasSummitName Monviso
isLandmarkFor Piedmont plain
isolation 31.9 km
listedIn SOIUSA classification of the Alps
locatedIn Cottian Alps
Piedmont
northwestern Italy
mountainRange Cottian Alps
nearbyTown Crissolo
nearbyValley Val Po
Valle Varaita
normalRoute southern slope route from Quintino Sella hut
notableFor high prominence over surrounding terrain
pyramidal shape
parentPeak Mont Blanc
partOf Alps
photoSubjectOf Italian 1-cent euro coin (reverse background silhouette)
prominence 2062 m
protectedArea Parco Naturale del Monviso
linked to: Parco del Monviso

Parco del Monviso
relativeLocation near the French border
southwest of Turin
SOIUSAMainPart Western Alps
SOIUSAMajorSector South Western Alps
linked to: southern Alps
SOIUSASector Cottian Alps
SOIUSASubgroup Gruppo del Monviso
linked to: Monviso massif
sourceOf Po River
translationOfNickname The Stone King
visibleFrom Po Valley
Turin

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Referenced by (3)

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

Monviso isAlsoKnownAs Monte Viso
Crissolo locatedAtFootOf Monte Viso
subject linked to: municipality of Crissolo
Coolidge Glacier near Monviso summit
linked to: Monte Viso