Ghiacciaio del Piccolo Fillar

Ghiacciaio del Piccolo Fillar is a glacier in Macugnaga, Verbania, Piedmont. Ghiacciaio del Piccolo Fillar is situated nearby to the locality Loccia dei Camosci, as well as near Morena del Ghiacciaio Belvedere.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dufourspitze and Nordend.

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.

Nordend

Peak

Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.

Nordend is a northern peak of the Monte Rosa Massif. Nordend is the fourth highest peak of the massif, after the Dufourspitze, the Dunantspitze and the Grenzgipfel.

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.