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Pizzo Quadro

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Parent range
  
Lepontine Alps

Prominence
  
470 m

Parent peak
  
Basòdino

Elevation
  
2,793 m

Mountain range
  
Lepontine Alps

Pizzo Quadro

Location
  
Ticino, Switzerland Piedmont, Italy

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Pizzo Quadro is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. With an elevation of 2,793 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the range lying south of the Wandfluhhorn and the Guriner Furggu (2,323 m). Pizzo Quadro is located between the localities of San Rocco di Prèmia (Piedmont) and Campo (Ticino).

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Map of Pizzo Quadro, Italy

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:

  • main part = Western Alps
  • major sector = North Western Alps
  • section = Lepontine Alps
  • subsection = Ticino and verbano Alps
  • supergroup = Catena Basodino-Cristallina-Biela
  • group = Catena Fiorera-Biela-Corona di Groppo
  • subgroup = Gruppo Corona del Groppo-Pizzo Quadro
  • code = I/B-10.II-A.3.c

    • References

    Pizzo Quadro Wikipedia
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