Piz Bernina
Piz Bernina is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest point of the Bernina Range, and the highest peak in the Rhaetian Alps. It rises 4,048 m and is located south of Pontresina in the Bernina Region and near the major Alpine resort of St. Moritz, in the Engadin valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,048 metres
- Description: mountain of the Eastern Alps
- Also known as: “Bernina”
Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include La Spedla and Piz Bianco.
La Spedla
Peak
Photo: Jean0604, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Spedla is a minor summit south of Piz Bernina on the border between Italy and Switzerland. With a height of 4,020 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit on the Italian side of the Bernina Range and the highest summit in Lombardy.
Piz Bianco
Peak
Photo: Freeclimber, Public domain.
Piz Bianco is a minor summit north of Piz Bernina, in the Bernina Range of the Alps. It is located south of Pontresina in the canton of Graubünden. Culminating at 3,993 metres, Piz Bianco is the highest point of the snowy ridge named Biancograt.
Crast’ Agüzza
Peak
Photo: Jean0604, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crast' Agüzza is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Italy and Switzerland. The peak is bounded to the north by the Morteratsch Glacier and to the south by the Upper Scerscen Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alp Grüm and Bernina Pass.
Alp Grüm
Hamlet
Photo: Sidonius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alp Grüm is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km east of Piz Bernina.
Bernina Pass
Locality
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bernina Pass is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo, which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in Valtellina. Bernina Pass is situated 10 km east of Piz Bernina.
Piz Bernina
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Pontresina, Maloja District, Engadin, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.38243° or 46° 22′ 57″ northLongitude
9.90805° or 9° 54′ 29″ eastElevation
4,048 metres (13,281 feet)Open location code
8FRF9WJ5+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 26864284OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Piz Bernina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيز بيرنينا”
- Armenian: “Բեռնինա”
- Basque: “Piz Bernina”
- Bulgarian: “Бернина”
- Catalan: “Piz Bernina”
- Cebuano: “Piz Bernina”
- Chinese: “皮茲伯里那山”
- Chinese: “贝尔尼纳峰”
- Czech: “Piz Bernina”
- Dutch: “Piz Bernina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيز بيرنينا”
- Esperanto: “Piz Bernina”
- Estonian: “Piz Bernina”
- Finnish: “Piz Bernina”
- French: “Piz Bernina”
- Georgian: “ბერნინა”
- German: “Piz Bernina”
- Hungarian: “Piz Bernina”
- Indonesian: “Piz Bernina”
- Italian: “Pizzo Bernina”
- Japanese: “ヴェルニーナ山”
- Japanese: “ピッツ・ベルニナ”
- Japanese: “ベルニナ山”
- Korean: “베르니나봉”
- Korean: “피츠베르니나산”
- Ladin: “Piz Bernina”
- Latin: “Barnynia Culmen”
- Lithuanian: “Berninos kalnas”
- Lombard: “Piz Bernina”
- Macedonian: “Бернина”
- Macedonian: “Пиц Бернина”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Piz Bernina”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Piz Bernina”
- Norwegian: “Piz Bernina”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Piz Bernina”
- Persian: “پیز برنینا”
- Polish: “Piz Bernina”
- Portuguese: “Piz Bernina”
- Romanian: “Piz Bernina”
- Romansh: “Piz Bernina”
- Russian: “Бернина”
- Slovak: “Piz Bernina”
- Slovenian: “Bernina”
- Slovenian: “Piz Bernina”
- Spanish: “Piz Bernina”
- Swahili: “Piz Bernina”
- Swedish: “Piz Bernina”
- Swiss German: “Piz Bernina”
- Tosk Albanian: “Piz Bernina”
- Turkish: “Piz Bernina”
- Ukrainian: “Берніна”
- Ukrainian: “Пік Берніна”
- Venetian: “Piso Bernina”
- Western Panjabi: “پز برنینا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Canalone di Crast’Agüzza and Labyrinth.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pizzo Bianco and Fuorcla Scerscen-Bernina.
Engadin: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into St. Moritz, Scuol, Samedan, and Samnaun.
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