The Camoscellahorn (also known as ''Pizzo Pioltone'') is a
mountain
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of the
Pennine Alps
The Pennine Alps (german: Walliser Alpen, french: Alpes valaisannes, it, Alpi Pennine, la, Alpes Poeninae), also known as the Valais Alps, are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais) and Italy ...
, located on the
Swiss-
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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*** Regional Ita ...
border. The closest locality is
Gondo Gondo may refer to:
* Gondo, Central African Republic
* Gondo is a village in the municipality of Zwischbergen, Valais
* the Gondo, a Malian variant of the Dongola horse
* Gondō Station
is an underground railway station in the city of Naga ...
in the Swiss
Val Divedro
The Simplon Valley or Divedro Valley ( German: ''Simplontal'', Italian: ''Val Divedro'') is a valley of the Alps, situated between the Pennine and the Lepontine ranges. The valley is drained by the Diveria or ''Chrummbach'', a tributary of the T ...
.
References
External links
Camoscellahorn on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Italy–Switzerland border
International mountains of Europe
Mountains of Valais
Two-thousanders of Switzerland
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