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Punta San Matteo

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Elevation
  
3,678 m

Mountain range
  
Alps, Ortler Alps

First ascent
  
28 June 1865

Parent range
  
Punta San Matteo wwwsummitpostorgimagesoriginal448847JPG

Translation
  
Saint Matthew's Peak (Italian)

Location
  
Border between Lombardy and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

First ascenders
  
Douglas Freshfield, Francis Fox Tuckett

Similar
  
Pizzo Tresero, Palon de la Mare, Monte Vioz, Monte Cevedale, Gran Zebrù

Punta san matteo 2015


Punta San Matteo is a secondary peak of Ortler-Vioz in the Ortler Alps, at the border between the Province of Sondrio (Lombardy region) and Trentino (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region) in northern Italy.

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Map of Punta San Matteo, 23030 Valfurva, Province of Sondrio, Italy

It was the scene of the Battle of San Matteo in World War I, which, until the 1999 Kargil war, has been the highest battlefield in modern warfare history.

Punta san matteo dal passo gavia


References

Punta San Matteo Wikipedia