Graubünden, Switzerland (massif partially in Italy)
Parent range
Bernina
Topo map
Swisstopo 1277 Piz Bernina
Climbing
First ascent
13 September 1850 by Johann Coaz guided by Jon and Lorenz Ragut Tscharner
Easiest route
rock/ice climb
Piz Bernina on the Swisstopo map of the same name
Piz Bernina (Romansh, Italian: Pizzo Bernina, Italian pronunciation:[ˈpittsoberˈniːna]) is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest point of the Bernina Range, and the highest peak in the Rhaetian Alps.[3] It rises 4,048 m (13,281 ft) and is located south of Pontresina and near the major Alpine resort of St. Moritz, in the Engadin valley. It is also the most easterly mountain higher than 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in the Alps, the highest point of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, and the fifth-most prominent peak in the Alps. Although the summit lies within Switzerland, the massif is on the border with Italy. The "shoulder" (4,020 m (13,190 ft)) known as La Spedla is the highest point in the Italian Lombardy region.
Piz Bernina is entirely surrounded by glaciers, of which the largest is the Morteratsch Glacier.
The mountain was named after the Bernina Pass in 1850 by Johann Coaz, who also made the first ascent.[4] The prefix Piz comes from the Romansch language in Graubünden; any mountain with that name can be readily identified as being located in southeastern Switzerland.
^Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Maloja Pass (1,812 m).
^Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is east of the Finsteraarhorn.
^"Piz Bernina". summitpost.org. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
^Collomb, Robin (1988). Bernina Alps. Goring: West Col Productions. p. 55.
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