Piz della Forcola
Piz della Forcola is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border. With a height of 2,675 metres, it is the highest summit of the chain lying south of the 2,226-metre-high pass named Forcola.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,674 metres
- Description: mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy
- Also known as: “Pizzo della Forcola”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pizasc and Pizzo di Campel.
Pizzo di Campel
Peak
Photo: Mænsard vokser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pizzo di Campel is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located south-east of Soazza in the canton of Graubünden. It lies on the range between the Val de la Forcola and the Val de Montogn.
Piz de Setag
Peak
Piz de Setag is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border. It is situated between the Val da Montogn and Val Pilotera.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Menarola and San Bernardo ai Monti.
Menarola
Hamlet
Menarola is a frazione and a former comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 kilometres north of Milan and about 45 kilometres northwest of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland.
Gordona
Village
Photo: BKLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gordona is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 kilometres north of Milan and about 40 kilometres northwest of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland.
Piz della Forcola
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Gordona, Province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
46.31653° or 46° 18′ 60″ northLongitude
9.29382° or 9° 17′ 38″ eastElevation
2,674 metres (8,773 feet)Open location code
8FRF878V+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 457098451OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Piz della Forcola” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيز ديلا فوركولا”
- Cebuano: “Piz della Forcola”
- Chinese: “福爾科拉峰”
- Dutch: “Piz della Forcola”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيز ديلا فوركولا”
- French: “Piz della Forcola”
- German: “Piz della Forcola”
- Italian: “Piz della Forcola”
- Ladin: “Piz della Forcola”
- Lombard: “Pizz de la Forcola”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Piz della Forcola”
- Persian: “پیز دلا فورکولا”
- Spanish: “Piz della Forcola”
- Venetian: “Piso della Forcola”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Scalviscèda and Alpe Fugiana.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Passo della Fugiana and Pizzo di Padion.
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