Gran Paradiso
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mountain in the Graian Alps located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of north-west Italy
Key facts
- Elevation
- 4,061 m (13,323 ft)
- Prominence
- 1,888 m (6,194 ft)
- Listing
- Ultra
- English translation
- 'Great Paradise'
- Location
- Piedmont ( Metropolitan City of Turin ) and Aosta Valley , Italy
- Parent range
- Graian Alps
- First ascent
- September 4, 1860 by Cowell, Dundas, Payot and Tairraz
- Easiest route
- rock/ice climb
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Gran Paradiso
- Commons gallery
- Gran Paradiso Massif
- topographic prominence
- 1888
- topographic isolation
- 45.1
- located in/on physical feature
- Graian Alps
- located in protected area
- Gran Paradiso National Park
- mountain range
- Gran Paradiso massif
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Encyclopedic overview
The Gran Paradiso ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡram paraˈdiːzo]) or Grand Paradis (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ paʁadi] both lit. 'Great Paradise') is a mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy, located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions. It is located in Gran Paradiso National Park.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gran Paradiso” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.