Pizzo Barone

Pizzo Barone
View from Pizzo Cramosino to Pizzo Barone (background centre)
Highest point
Elevation 2,864 m (9,396 ft)
Prominence 119 m (390 ft) [1]
Parent peak Pizzo Campo Tencia
Coordinates 46°24′21″N 8°44′32″E / 46.40583°N 8.74222°E / 46.40583; 8.74222Coordinates: 46°24′21″N 8°44′32″E / 46.40583°N 8.74222°E / 46.40583; 8.74222 
Geography
Pizzo Barone
Location in Switzerland
Location Ticino, Switzerland
Parent range Lepontine Alps

Pizzo Barone (2,864 m) is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It is located south of Pizzo Campo Tencia and is the highest summit of the Valle Verzasca in the canton of Ticino. From Sonogno a trail leads to the summit.

South of the peak is a small lake (2,391 m) named Lago Barone.

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is located north of the summit at 2,745 metres.


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