Zapporthorn
Sign in to saveThe Zapporthorn or Pizzo Zapport (3,152 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking San Bernardino Pass in Graubünden. Its summit is the tripoint between the valleys of Hinterrhein, Calanca and Mesolcina. The summit is located approximately two kilometres east from the Ticino border.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Zapporthorn
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- San Bernardinopass Wettergrenze.JPG
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- The Zapporthorn (centre) and Zapportgrat seen from above San Bernardino Pass
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3152
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 152
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Vogelberg
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- Switzerland
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- Location in Switzerland
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- Graubünden, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Lepontine Alps
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of the Grisons
- Elevation
- 3152
- Image
- San Bernardinopass Wettergrenze.JPG
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- topographic prominence
- 152
- parent peak
- Vogelberg
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The Zapporthorn or Pizzo Zapport (3,152 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking San Bernardino Pass in Graubünden. Its summit is the tripoint between the valleys of Hinterrhein, Calanca and Mesolcina. The summit is located approximately two kilometres east from the Ticino border.
The Pizzo Zapport is the highest summit on the Zapportgrat, a ridge running from Piz de Stabi to the Marscholhorn. The Zapportgletscher lies on the north side, it is the largest glacier of the massif.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zapporthorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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