Ciarforon

Ciarforon

Ciarforon
Highest point
Elevation 3,642 m (11,949 ft)
Coordinates 45°29′40″N 7°14′48″E / 45.494444°N 7.246592°E / 45.494444; 7.246592Coordinates: 45°29′40″N 7°14′48″E / 45.494444°N 7.246592°E / 45.494444; 7.246592
Geography
Ciarforon

Location in the Alps

Location Aosta Valley and Piedmont, Italy
Parent range Graian Alps

Ciarforon (3,642m), is a mountain in the Gran Paradiso Massif of the Graian Alps on the border of Aosta Valley and Piedmont, Italy. It lies south of Gran Paradiso, on the watershed between Valsavarenche and the Orco Valley. It boasts a mighty dome-shaped summit and a huge ice sheet on its upper slopes. The mountain is glaciated on all four sides.[1]

The domed summit of Ciarforon

References

  1. "Ciarforon - summitpost". summitpost.org. Retrieved 28 January 2015.


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