Margherita Hut
The Margherita Hut is a mountain hut belonging to the Italian Alpine Club, located on the summit of Punta Gnifetti of Monte Rosa, a mountain massif of the Alps lying near the border between Italy and Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Camp
- Description: mountain hut located on the Signalkuppe of Monte Rosa in the Alps
- Also known as: “Cabane Reine Marguerite” and “Capanna Margherita”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Signalkuppe and Dufourspitze.
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 Quarazza and Motta.
Quarazza
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quarazza is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Margherita Hut.
Motta
Hamlet
Photo: BelPatty86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motta is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Margherita Hut.
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 10 km southeast of Margherita Hut.
Margherita Hut
- Category: mountain hut
- Location: Macugnaga, Verbania, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Tosk Albanian—“Margherita Hut” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Capanna Regina Margherita”
- Dutch: “cabane Reine Marguerite”
- Dutch: “Margheritahut”
- French: “cabane Reine Marguerite”
- French: “Cabane Reine-Marguerite”
- French: “refuge Reine Marguerite”
- German: “Capanna Regina Margherita”
- German: “Margheritahütte”
- Hungarian: “Capanna Regina Margherita”
- Italian: “capanna Regina Margherita”
- Italian: “Capanna Regina Margherita”
- Portuguese: “Cabana Rainha Margarida”
- Spanish: “Refugio Margherita”
- Swiss German: “Capanna Regina Margherita”
- Tosk Albanian: “Capanna Regina Margherita”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Margherita Hut”. Photo: Hejkal, CC BY-SA 3.0.