Monviso
Monte Viso or Monviso is the highest mountain of the Cottian Alps, located in Piedmont, Italy, close to the French border. Monte Viso is well known for its pyramid-like shape.Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,841 metres
- Description: the highest mountain of the Cottian Alps, located in Italy
- Also known as: “Monte Viso”, “Mount Viso”, “Punta Trieste”, and “Viso”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Viso di Vallanta and Visolotto.
Visolotto
Peak
Photo: Idéfix, Public domain.
Visolotto is a 3,348-metre high mountain in the Cottian Alps, located in Piedmont, north of Monviso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pian del Re and Chianale.
Chianale
Hamlet
Photo: Gabygaiffe, CC BY 3.0.
Chianale is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km west of Monviso.
Monviso
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Crissolo, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.66744° or 44° 40′ 3″ northLongitude
7.08999° or 7° 5′ 24″ eastElevation
3,841 metres (12,602 feet)Open location code
8FP9M38Q+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 26864004OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Monviso from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Monviso” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մոնտե Վիզո”
- Azerbaijani: “Monte-Vizo dağı”
- Basque: “Monte Viso”
- Bengali: “মন্তে ভিসো”
- Bulgarian: “Монте Визо”
- Catalan: “Mont Viso”
- Cebuano: “Monte Viso”
- Chinese: “維佐峰”
- Chinese: “维素山脉”
- Czech: “Monte Viso”
- Czech: “Monviso”
- Danish: “Monviso”
- Dutch: “Monviso”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ڤيسو”
- Finnish: “Monte Viso”
- French: “mont Viso”
- French: “Mont Viso”
- Georgian: “მონტე-ვიზო”
- German: “Monte Viso”
- German: “Monviso”
- Hungarian: “Monte Viso”
- Hungarian: “Monviso”
- Italian: “Monviso”
- Japanese: “モンテ・ヴィーゾ”
- Ladin: “Viso”
- Latin: “Vesulus mons”
- Luxembourgish: “Monviso”
- Macedonian: “Монте Визо”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monviso”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Viso”
- Norwegian: “Monte Viso”
- Norwegian: “Monviso”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vísol”
- Persian: “مونته ویسو”
- Piemontese: “Viso”
- Polish: “Monte Viso”
- Portuguese: “Monte Viso”
- Romanian: “Monte Viso”
- Russian: “Визо”
- Russian: “Монте Визо”
- Russian: “Монте-Визо”
- Russian: “Монтевизо”
- Slovak: “Monte Viso”
- Spanish: “Monviso”
- Swedish: “Monviso”
- Turkish: “Monte Viso”
- Ukrainian: “Монте Візо”
- Ukrainian: “Монте-Візо”
- Venetian: “Monviso”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Costa Piatta Gelata and Balma Berard.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bivacco Andreotti and Colle Sud delle Cadreghe di Viso.
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