Puntone dei Fraciòn

Coordinates: 46°28′15.7″N 9°5′6.5″E / 46.471028°N 9.085139°E / 46.471028; 9.085139
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Puntone dei Fraciòn
Puntone dei Fraciòn is located in Switzerland
Puntone dei Fraciòn
Puntone dei Fraciòn
Location in Switzerland
Highest point
Elevation3,202 m (10,505 ft)
Prominence157 m (515 ft)[1]
Parent peakVogelberg
Coordinates46°28′15.7″N 9°5′6.5″E / 46.471028°N 9.085139°E / 46.471028; 9.085139
Geography
LocationTicino/Graubünden, Switzerland
Parent rangeLepontine Alps

Puntone dei Fraciòn is a 3,202-metre-high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. It is the highest peak of the Calanca valley (Graubünden). On its west side (Ticino) it overlooks the valley of Malvaglia. It lies approximately halfway between the Vogelberg and the Zapporthorn.

References

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Zapportpass (3,045 m).

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