Parrotspitze
The Parrotspitze is a peak in the Pennine Alps of Italy and Switzerland. It is located south of Dufourspitze in the Monte Rosa Massif. The mountain is named after Johann Jakob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot, a German doctor, who made an attempt on the Piramide Vincent with Joseph Zumstein in 1816.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,434 metres
- Description: peak in the Pennine Alps of Italy and Switzerland
- Also known as: “Parrotspitze / Punta Parrot”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ludwigshöhe and Signalkuppe.
Ludwigshöhe
Peak
The Ludwigshöhe is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. It is situated near the Dufourspitze in the Monte Rosa Massif. The summit is the tripoint between Valais, Aosta Valley and Piedmont.
Signalkuppe
Peak
Photo: RobyPozz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Signalkuppe also known as Punta Gnifetti is a peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a subpeak of Monte Rosa. The mountain is named after 'the Signal', a prominent gendarme atop the east ridge, named Cresta Signal.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alagna Valsesia and Quarazza.
Alagna Valsesia
Village
Photo: Maurizio Moro5153, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alagna Valsesia is a comune and small village high in the Valsesia alpine valley in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy, a UNESCO World heritage site since 2013. Alagna Valsesia is situated 9 km southeast of Parrotspitze.
Quarazza
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quarazza is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km northeast of Parrotspitze.
Motta
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motta is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km northeast of Parrotspitze.
Parrotspitze
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Alagna Valsesia, Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.91989° or 45° 55′ 12″ northLongitude
7.87141° or 7° 52′ 17″ eastElevation
4,434 metres (14,547 feet)Open location code
8FQ9WV9C+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 401234281OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Parrotspitze” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Пароцпитзе”
- Catalan: “Parrotspitze”
- Cebuano: “Parrotspitze”
- Chinese: “帕洛特峰”
- Czech: “Parrotspitze”
- Dutch: “Parrotspitze”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پاروتسپيتز”
- Estonian: “Parrotspitze”
- Finnish: “Parrotspitze”
- French: “pointe Parrot”
- French: “Pointe Parrot”
- Georgian: “პაროტშპიცე”
- German: “Parrotspitze”
- Italian: “Punta Parrot”
- Japanese: “パルロートシュピッツェ”
- Japanese: “プンタ・パッロット”
- Ladin: “Parrotspitze”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Parrotspitze”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Parrotspitze”
- Polish: “Parrotspitze”
- Portuguese: “Pico Parrot”
- Russian: “Парротшпитце”
- Spanish: “Parrotspitze”
- Swedish: “Parrotspitze”
- Venetian: “Ponta Parrot”
- Western Panjabi: “پیرٹسپٹزے”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Seserjoch and Colle Del Lys.
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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 “Parrotspitze”. Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.