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Peak
  
Rognosa d'Etiache

Regione, Région
  
Piedmont / Rhône-Alpes

Elevation
  
3,382 m

Parent range
  
Pennine Alps

Countries
  
Italy and France

provincia, département
  
Turin, Savoie

Highest point
  
Rognosa d'Etiache

Districts
  
Province of Turin, Savoie

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Mountains
  
Mont d'Ambin, Rognosa d'Etiache

The Ambin group (Groupe d'Ambin in French, Gruppo d'Ambin in Italian) is a sub-range of the Cottian Alps located on the French-Italian border.

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GeographyEdit

Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provincia di Torino (southern slopes) and the French département de la Savoie (northern slopes).

BordersEdit

The borders of Ambin group are (clockwise):

  • Etiache pass (west, it connects Ambin group with Pierre Menue group);
  • ruisseau d'Etache, ruisseau d'Ambin, Arc and ruisseau de la Fémaz (north);
  • Mont Cenis pass (east, it connects Ambin group with the Graian Alps);
  • torrente Rochemolles, Dora Riparia and Cenischia (south).

    • Mountain hutsEdit

  • Rifugio Levi Molinari (1,850 m - Exilles)
  • Refuge de Bramanette (2,080 m - Bramans)
  • Refuge du Petit Mont-Cenis (2,110 m - Bramans)
  • Rifugio Scarfiotti (2,165 m - Bardonecchia)
  • Refuge d'Ambin (2,270 m - Bramans)
  • Rifugio Avanzà (2,578 m - Venaus)
  • Rifugio Piero Vacca (2,670 m - Venaus)
  • Rifugio Luigi Vaccarone (2,747 m - Giaglione)
  • Bivacco Sigot (2,921 m - Exilles)
  • Bivacco Walter Blais (2,925 m - Exilles)

    • MapsEdit

  • Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
  • French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
  • Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca e 1:25.000 n. 104 Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx

    • References

    Ambin group Wikipedia
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