Isolation 11.7 km (7.3 mi) Elevation 3,553 m Prominence 1,144 m | Parent range Lepontine Alps First ascent 1859 | |
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Listing Alpine mountains above 3000 m Similar Wasenhorn, Hübschhorn, Breithorn, Fletschhorn, Helsenhorn | ||
Monte leone 17 4 2010 mp4
Monte Leone is the highest mountain of the Lepontine Alps and is located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The mountain stands on the extreme west of the Lepontine Alps, a few kilometres east of Simplon Pass.
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- Monte leone 17 4 2010 mp4
- Map of Monte Leone 28868 Varzo Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola Italy
- EtymologyEdit
- GeographyEdit
- References
Map of Monte Leone, 28868 Varzo, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy
EtymologyEdit
Leone in Italian means lion, and the mountain's name is said to come from the look of its south face's profile. A different origin of the name could be Munt d'l'Aiun, which in the local dialect means Aiun's mountain; Aione is a nearby village and mount Leone is situated close to meadows traditionally owned by the villagers.
GeographyEdit
In the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain belongs to an alpine subsection of Lepontine Alps called "North-Western Lepontine Alps" (It:Alpi del Monte Leone e del San Gottardo; De:Monte Leone-Sankt Gotthard-Alpen).