The Punta Leynir (Pointe du Leynir in

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) is a 3,238 metres high

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belonging to the Italian side of

Graian Alps The Graian Alps (french: Alpes grées ; it, Alpi Graie ) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. Etymology The name ''Graie'' comes from the ''Graioceli'' Celtic tribe, which dwelled in the area surrounding the Mont Cenis pass and t ...

Toponymy

The name ''Leynir'' should come from ''Lago Nero'' (''Black Lake''), referring to the color of a small lake located SE of the mountain. The name ''Punta del Leynir'' was adopted by the old maps of

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. Giovanni Bobba and Luigi Vaccarone in their ''Guida delle Alpi Occidentali'' (''Guide book to Western Alps'') named the mountain ''Punta Vaudaletta'', while in the technical map of Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta its name is ''Pointe du Leynir''.

Geography

The mountain is located on the border between

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and

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and its summit is the

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where Valle dell'Orco meets the

Valsavarenche Valsavarenche (local Valdôtain: ; known as ''Valsavara'' under fascist rule from 1939 to 1946, and as ''Valsavaranche'' from 1946 to 1976) is a ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley, northern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian R ...

and the Val di Rhêmes, both tributaries of

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. The Col Leynir (Leynir Pass, 3,084 m, NE of the summit) divides the mountain from the

Mont Tout Blanc The Mont Tout Blanc is a 3,438.2 metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Graian Alps. Toponymy ''Tout Blanc'' in French means ''totally white'', ''all-white''. The mountain is also known as ''Mont Taou Blanc'' or ''Mont Teu Blanc ...

, while the Orco/Valsavarenche ridge continues towards SW with Col Rosset (3,023 m) and Punta Rosset (3,100 m). From the Punta Leynir originates the Orco/Val di Rhêmes ridge, heading SE. After a saddle at 3,112 m it rises to the neighbouring

Punta Bes The Punta Bes is a 3,177 metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Graian Alps. Geography The mountain is located on the border between Piedmont and Aosta Valley, on the watershed dividing Valle dell'Orco from Valsavarenche, the lat ...

(3,177 m) and then it goes down reaching the Colle del Nivolet. The summit of Punta Leynir is flanked from SW by a subsummit, divided from the main summit by a 350-m stretch of ridge, not difficult to traverse. The mountain, due to its location, offers a very good view on the nearby

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SOIUSA classification

According to

SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA. SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a proposal for a new classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view. It was designe ...

(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way: * main part =

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* major sector = North Western Alps * section =

* subsection = Central Graian Alps * supergroup = Catena Grande Sassière-Tsanteleina * group = Costiera Galisia-Entrelor-Bioula *

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= I/B-7.III-A.1

Access to the summit

The mountain can be accessed from ''

Nivolet Pass The Nivolet Pass ( it, Colle del Nivolet or french: Col du Nivolet) is a mountain pass in the Eastern group of the Graian Alps in northern Italy. It is located at the top of the Orco Valley on the road from Turin to Ceresole Reale, in the Gran ...

'' (2.641 m); this route requires a good

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experience. Along with Punta Leynir some hikers also climb the nearby

. For ski mountaineers, who also usually start from Colle del Nivolet, the level of difficulty is considered ''BS'' (''Good Skiers'').

Mountain huts

* Refuge ''città di Chivasso'' (2,604 m). * Rifugio Albergo Savoia (2,534 m).

Nature protection

Punta Leynir belongs to the

Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso Gran Paradiso National Park (Italian: ''Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso''; ), is an Italian national park in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in the ...

.Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 ''Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso'',

Istituto Geografico Centrale The Istituto Geografico Centrale (IGC, in English ‘’Central Geographic Institute’’) is a privately owned Italian company based in Turin (Piedmont), known for its guide books and hiking maps mainly concerning the Western Alps and their cont ...

- Torino

Maps

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(IGM) official maps of Italy, 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 scale
on-line version
* Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 ''Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso'',

- Torino

External links

References

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