The Gross Schinhorn (also known as ''Punta di Valdeserta'') is a
mountain
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of the
Lepontine Alps
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, located on the
Swiss
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Italian
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border.
A lower summit (2,917 m) named ''Klein Schinhorn'' lies north of the Gross Schinhorn. The two summits are referred as the ''Schinhörner''.
References
External links
Gross Schinhorn on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of Italy
Italy–Switzerland border
International mountains of Europe
Mountains of Valais
Lepontine Alps
Two-thousanders of Switzerland
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