Piz Costainas

Piz Costainas
Furkelspitz
Piz Costainas
Location in the Alps
Highest point
Elevation 3,004 m (9,856 ft)
Prominence 199 m (653 ft)[1]
Parent peak Piz Cotschen
Coordinates 46°33′46″N 10°28′25″E / 46.56278°N 10.47361°E / 46.56278; 10.47361Coordinates: 46°33′46″N 10°28′25″E / 46.56278°N 10.47361°E / 46.56278; 10.47361
Geography
Location South Tyrol, Italy, Graubünden, Switzerland
Parent range Ortler Alps

Piz Costainas (also known as Furkelspitz) is a mountain of the Ortler Alps, straddling the Swiss-Italian border between Graubünden and South Tyrol. It is the easternmost mountain rising above 3,000 metres in Switzerland.

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