Pic Tyndall
Pic Tyndall is a minor summit below the Matterhorn in the Pennine Alps, on the boundary between Aosta Valley and Switzerland. Because of its small prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lebendre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Testa del Leone and Refuge Jean-Antoine Carrel.
Testa del Leone
Peak
Photo: SteGrifo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Testa del Leone is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies on the main Alpine watershed, west of the Matterhorn.
Refuge Jean-Antoine Carrel
Mountain hut
Photo: Bertubertu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Refuge Jean-Antoine Carrel is a refuge in the Alps at an altitude of 3,830m in Aosta Valley, Italy. It is located on the south-west ridge of the Matterhorn, near the Swiss border.
Solvay Hut
Shelter
Photo: Orion666, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Solvay Hut or Solvay Bivouac is a mountain hut located on the north-eastern ridge of the Matterhorn, near Zermatt in the canton of Valais. At 4,003 metres it is the highest mountain hut owned by the Swiss Alpine Club, but can be used only in case of emergency.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plan Maison and Breuil-Cervinia.
Breuil-Cervinia
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Breuil-Cervinia, officially Le Breuil from September 2023, is a frazione of the comune of Valtournenche, Italy. It is a winter and summer tourist resort.
Zmutt
Hamlet
Photo: DrTW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zmutt is a small village in the municipality of Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, situated at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of the Valais.
Pic Tyndall
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,240 metres
- Description: mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.97429° or 45° 58′ 27″ northLongitude
7.65371° or 7° 39′ 13″ eastElevation
4,240 metres (13,911 feet)Open location code
8FQ9XMF3+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3651057032OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Pic Tyndall” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pic Tyndall”
- Chinese: “廷德爾峰”
- Dutch: “Pic Tyndall”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيك تيندال”
- French: “Pic Tyndall”
- Italian: “Pic Tyndall”
- Ladin: “Pic Tyndall”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pic Tyndall”
- Persian: “پیک تیندال”
- Spanish: “Pic Tyndall”
- Venetian: “Pico Tyndall”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Colle del Leone and Bivacco Oreste Bossi.
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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 “Pic Tyndall”. Photo: Lebendre, CC BY-SA 3.0.