Ellermann Plateau

Ellermann Plateau is a locality in Macugnaga, Verbania, Piedmont. Ellermann Plateau is situated nearby to the locality Sesia Canal, as well as near Il Cavallo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Signalkuppe and Parrotspitze.

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.

Parrotspitze

Peak

Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Parrotspitze is a peak in the Pennine Alps of Italy and Switzerland. It is located south of Dufourspitze in the Monte Rosa Massif. The mountain is named after Johann Jakob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot, a German doctor, who made an attempt on the Piramide Vincent with Joseph Zumstein in 1816.

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.