Silbersattel

Silbersattel is a mountain saddle in Macugnaga, Verbania, Piedmont and has an elevation of 4,519 metres. Silbersattel is situated nearby to the locality Sesia Canal, as well as near Ellermann Plateau.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dufourspitze and Dunantspitze.

Dufourspitze

Peak

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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.

Dunantspitze

Peak

Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Dunantspitze, formerly called Ostspitze, is a peak of the Monte Rosa Massif in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the second highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze and the second highest summit in Switzerland, but its prominence is only about 15 metres.

Grenzgipfel

Peak

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The Grenzgipfel is a peak of Monte Rosa Massif, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The Grenzgipfel is the highest summit on the Italian side of the Monte Rosa massif and the highest point of the entire border between Italy and Switzerland; it is also the culminating point of the Italian region of Piedmont and of the Ticino river drainage basin.