Zumsteinspitze
The Zumsteinspitze is a peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a subpeak of Monte Rosa. The summit lies between the Dufourspitze and the Signalkuppe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dufourspitze and Dunantspitze.
Dufourspitze
Peak
Photo: TobiasBender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after Mont Blanc.
Dunantspitze
Peak
Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dunantspitze, formerly called Ostspitze, is a peak of the Monte Rosa Massif in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the second highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze and the second highest summit in Switzerland, but its prominence is only about 15 metres.
Grenzgipfel
Peak
Photo: TobiasBender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grenzgipfel is a peak of Monte Rosa Massif, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The Grenzgipfel is the highest summit on the Italian side of the Monte Rosa massif and the highest point of the entire border between Italy and Switzerland; it is also the culminating point of the Italian region of Piedmont and of the Ticino river drainage basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quarazza and Motta.
Quarazza
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quarazza is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Zumsteinspitze.
Motta
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motta is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Zumsteinspitze.
Zumsteinspitze
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,563 metres
- Description: summit in the Pennine Alps
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.93217° or 45° 55′ 56″ northLongitude
7.87141° or 7° 52′ 17″ eastElevation
4,563 metres (14,970 feet)Open location code
8FQ9WVJC+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 365064325OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Zumsteinspitze” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Зумстеинспитзе”
- Catalan: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Cebuano: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Chinese: “楚姆施泰因峰”
- Czech: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Dutch: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل زومستينسپيتز”
- Esperanto: “Zumstein-Pinto”
- French: “pointe Zumstein”
- French: “Pointe Zumstein”
- Georgian: “ცუმშტაინშპიცე”
- German: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Italian: “Punta Zumstein”
- Japanese: “ツムシュタインシュピッツェ”
- Japanese: “プンタ・ズムスタイン”
- Ladin: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zumsteinspitze”
- Persian: “زوماستیپتسه”
- Polish: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Portuguese: “Pico Zumsteins”
- Russian: “Цумштайншпитце”
- Spanish: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Swahili: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Swedish: “Zumsteinspitze”
- Ukrainian: “Зумштайн”
- Venetian: “Ponta Zumstein”
- Western Panjabi: “زمسٹینسپٹزے”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zona del ‘Lago Effimero’ and Sorgenti del Sesia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grenzsattel and Colle Gnifetti.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zumsteinspitze”. Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.