Piz Costainas

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.

Piz Costainas
Furkelspitz
Piz Costainas
Location in the Alps
Highest point
Elevation3,004 m (9,856 ft)
Prominence199 m (653 ft)[1]
Parent peakPiz Cotschen
Coordinates46°33′46″N 10°28′25″E
Geography
LocationSouth Tyrol, Italy, Graubünden, Switzerland
Parent rangeOrtler Alps

References

  1. Swisstopo maps


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