Aiguille du Croissant
Appearance
Aiguille du Croissant | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,260 m (13,980 ft) |
Parent peak | Grand Combin |
Coordinates | 45°56′27.4″N 7°18′4.6″E / 45.940944°N 7.301278°E |
Geography | |
Parent range | Pennine Alps |
The Aiguille du Croissant is a minor summit in the Grand Combin massif in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland.[1] Because of its small prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.
The name refers to the crescent shaped summit.[2]
See also
[edit]- Swisstopo maps
References
[edit]- ^ Conway, Sir William Martin (1890). Climbers' Guide to the Central Pennine Alps. T. Fisher Unwin. p. 14.
- ^ Ball, John; Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1898). The Western Alps. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 444. ISBN 978-1-02-239649-4.
External links
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