The Portjengrat (also known as ''Pizzo d'Andolla'') 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 border between
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and
Italy
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. It lies south of the
Weissmies
The Weissmies is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland near the village of Saas-Fee. It is the easternmost four-thousander of its range.
Geography
The Weissmies is located on the main Alpine chain, on a ma ...
and the
Zwischbergen Pass
The Zwischbergen Pass (el. 3268 m.) (german: Zwischbergenpass) is a high List of mountain passes in Switzerland, mountain pass across the eastern Pennine Alps, Pennine Swiss Alps, Alps, connecting Saas Almagell and Zwischbergen in the Cantons of S ...
, where the international border diverges away from the main
Alpine watershed. The summit of the Portjengrat has an elevation of 3,654 metres above sea level and is the tripoint between the valleys of
Saas
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,
Divedro (both in
Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...
) and
Antrona (in
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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). It is the culminating point of the Antrona valley.
The east side of the Portjengrat is covered by a glacier named ''Zwischbergen Gletscher''. Smaller glaciers can be found on the west and south side of the mountain.
The closest locality is
Saas-Almagell, on the west side.
See also
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List of mountains of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table of many of the major mountains and hills of Switzerland. The table only includes those summits that have a topographic prominence of at least above other points, and ranks them by height and prominence. The ...
References
External links
Portjengrat on SummitpostPortjengrat on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of Piedmont
Italy–Switzerland border
International mountains of Europe
Mountains of Valais
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