Cima di Jazzi

Cima di Jazzi
Cima di Jazzi
	Cima di Jazzi (left) from west
Highest point
Elevation	3,803 m (12,477 ft)
Prominence	243 m (797 ft) [1]
Parent peak	Monte Rosa
Coordinates	45°58′51.9″N 7°53′40.9″E
Geography
	Cima di Jazzi Location in the Alps
Location	Valais, Switzerland ; Piedmont, Italy
Parent range	Pennine Alps

The Cima di Jazzi (English: Jazzi Peak) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border, just north of Monte Rosa. It overlooks Macugnaga on its east (Italian) side. The west (Swiss) side is entirely covered by glaciers.

Geography

The SOIUSA partition of the Alps places the mountain in the Monte Rosa group of the alpine subsection Eastern Aosta and Northern Valsesia Alps (Pennine Alps); its code is: I/B-9.III-A.3.a.[2]

Mountain huts

Rifugio Eugenio Sella,
Bivacco Città di Luino,
Monte Rosa Hütte.

References

Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Altes Weisstor (3,560 m).
Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

External links

Cima di Jazzi on Hikr

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[1] Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Altes Weisstor (3,560 m).

[2] Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.