Piz Bianco
Piz Bianco is a minor summit north of Piz Bernina, in the Bernina Range of the Alps. It is located south of Pontresina in the canton of Graubünden. Culminating at 3,993 metres, Piz Bianco is the highest point of the snowy ridge named Biancograt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,993 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Piz Alv / Pizzo Bianco” and “Pizzo Bianco (Piz Alv)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piz Bernina and La Spedla.
Piz Bernina
Peak
Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piz Bernina is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest point of the Bernina Range, and the highest peak in the Rhaetian Alps. It rises 4,048 m and is located south of Pontresina in the Bernina Region and near the major Alpine resort of St. Moritz, in the Engadin valley.
La Spedla
Peak
Photo: Jean0604, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Spedla is a minor summit south of Piz Bernina, in the Eastern Alps, on the border between Italy and Switzerland. With a height of 4,020 metres above sea level, the Spedla is the highest summit on the Italian side of the Bernina Range and the highest summit in Lombardy.
Crast’ Agüzza
Peak
Photo: Jean0604, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crast' Agüzza is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Italy and Switzerland. The peak is bounded to the north by the Morteratsch Glacier and to the south by the Upper Scerscen Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bernina Pass and Alp Grüm.
Bernina Pass
Locality
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bernina Pass is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo, which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in Valtellina. Bernina Pass is situated 10 km east of Piz Bianco.
Alp Grüm
Hamlet
Photo: Sidonius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alp Grüm is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km east of Piz Bianco.
Piz Bianco
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Samedan, Maloja District, Engadin, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.3846° or 46° 23′ 5″ northLongitude
9.90657° or 9° 54′ 24″ eastElevation
3,993 metres (13,100 feet)Open location code
8FRF9WM4+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 11538334653OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Piz Bianco” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pizzo Bianco (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa)”
- Cebuano: “Pizzo Bianco”
- Chinese: “比安科峰”
- Dutch: “Piz Bianco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيز بيانكو”
- Estonian: “Piz Bianco”
- French: “Piz Alv”
- Georgian: “პიც-ალვი”
- Georgian: “პიცო-ბიანკო”
- Italian: “Piz Alv”
- Italian: “Pizzo Bianco”
- Ladin: “Piz Bianco”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Piz Alv”
- Persian: “پیز بیانکو”
- Polish: “Pizzo Bianco”
- Portuguese: “Piz Alv”
- Romansh: “Piz Bianco”
- Spanish: “Piz Bianco”
- Swedish: “Pizzo Bianco (bergstopp i Schweiz)”
- Swedish: “Pizzo Bianco”
- Venetian: “Piso Bianco”
- Western Panjabi: “پز الوو”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Labyrinth and Canalone di Crast’Agüzza.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pizzo Bianco and Fuorcla Scerscen-Bernina.
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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 “Piz Bianco”. Photo: Freeclimber, Public domain.