Pizzo Nero
Pizzo Nero is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Ticino. Its summit is the tripoint between the valleys of Geretal, Gonerli and Bedretto.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pizzo Gallina and Nufenen Pass.
Pizzo Gallina
Peak
Photo: TonnyB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pizzo Gallina is a 3,061-metre-high mountain in the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland, overlooking the Nufenen Pass. Administratively, the summit is located on the border between the municipality of Obergoms, to the north-west and in the canton of Valais, and the municipality of Bedretto, to the south-east and in the canton of Ticino.
Nufenen Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nufenen Pass is the second highest mountain pass with a paved road in Switzerland, with an elevation of 2,478 metres. It lies between the summits of Pizzo Gallina and the Nufenenstock. The road opened to motor vehicle traffic in September 1969.
Poncione di Manió
Peak
The Poncione di Manió is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Ticino. The mountain separates the Geretal from the Val Bedretto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oberwald and Obergesteln.
Oberwald
Village
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Oberwald is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in Goms District in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007.
Obergesteln
Village
Obergesteln is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Obergesteln was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Ulrichen to form the municipality Obergoms.
Riale
Hamlet
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Riale is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km south of Pizzo Nero.
Pizzo Nero
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,903 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Bedretto, Leventina District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.49252° or 46° 29′ 33″ northLongitude
8.411° or 8° 24′ 40″ eastElevation
2,903 metres (9,524 feet)Open location code
8FRCFCV6+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 1244934244OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pizzo Nero” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pizzo Nero (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa)”
- Cebuano: “Pizzo Nero”
- Dutch: “Pizzo Nero”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيزو نيرو”
- Ladin: “Pizzo Nero”
- Persian: “پیتزو نرو”
- Swedish: “Pizzo Nero (bergstopp i Schweiz)”
- Swedish: “Pizzo Nero”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gonerlilücke and Sidelenlücke.
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