Bernina Group
The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Rhaetian Alps within the Central Eastern Alps. It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers. Piz Bernina (), its highest peak, is the most easterly four-thousand-metre peak in the Alps. The peak in the range which sees the most ascents is Piz Palü. The Bernina Range is separated from the Albula Range in the north-west by the Maloja Pass and the Upper Engadin valley; from the Livigno Range in the east by the Bernina Pass; from the Bergamo Alps in the south by the Adda valley (Valtellina); and from the Bregaglia Range in the south-west by the Muretto Pass. The Bernina Range is drained by the rivers Adda, Inn and Maira (Mera in Italy). The term Bernina Alps can also be used in an extended sense to include both the Bernina and Bregaglia ranges; this is the area coloured red on the map (right) and labelled 'Bernina Alpen'. Peak ...
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Morteratsch Glacier
The Morteratsch Glacier (Romansh: Vadret da Morteratsch) is the largest glacier by area in the Bernina Range of the Bündner Alps in Switzerland. By area and by volume (1.2 km3), it is the third largerst glacier in the eastern alps, after the Pasterze Glacier and . The Morteratsch Glacier is a typical valley glacier with a pronounced ice front. The accumulation zone lies between the peaks of Piz Morteratsch, Piz Bernina, Crast' Agüzza, Piz Argient, Piz Zupò and Bellavista. From Piz Argient to the ice front in the Val Morteratsch, its horizontal extent is less than ~, with an altitude difference of up to . Together with the Pers Glacier, originating at Piz Palü, which joins the Morteratsch just below the rock formation ''Isla Persa'' ("Lost Isle"), as of 1973 it covered an area of about . The volume of the ice is estimated to be about 1.2 km3. The Morteratsch Glacier drains into the Ova da Morteratsch, which eventually flows into the Inn and hence via the Danube into ...
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Adda (river)
The Adda (Latin ''Abdua'', or ''Addua''; in Lombard ''Ada'' or, again, ''Adda'' in local dialects where the double consonants are marked) is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. It rises in the Alps near the border with Switzerland and flows through Lake Como. The Adda joins the Po a few kilometres upstream of Cremona. It is long. The highest point of the drainage basin is the summit of la Spedla (a subpeak of Piz Bernina), at . Towns along the river Adda include Bormio, Tirano, Sondrio, Bellagio and Lecco (both on Lake Como), Brivio and Lodi. Course The Adda's true source is in Alpisella valley near the head of the Fraele glen, but its volume is increased by the union with several smaller streams, near the town of Bormio, at the Rhaetian Alps. Thence it flows first southwest, then due west, through the fertile Valtellina, passing Tirano, where the Poschiavino falls in on the right bank, and Sondrio, where the Mallero joins, also on the right. This first h ...
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Piz Roseg
Piz Roseg (pronounced as ''peetse rawzech'') is a mountain of the Bernina Range, overlooking the Val Roseg in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. There are two summits on its main ridge: :*the south-east and higher summit (3,937 m) :*the north-west summit, known as the ''Schneekuppe'' (3,920 m). There is also a prominent top on the east-north-east ridge, called the ''Roseg Pitschen'' (3,868 m) (Italian border). History The first ascent of the mountain to the ''Schneekuppe'' was by F. T. Bircham with guides Peter Jenny and Alexander Fleury on 31 August 1863. The highest point of the mountain was reached two years later by A. W. Moore and Horace Walker with guide Jakob Anderegg on 28 June 1865. Piz Roseg is separated from the neighbouring Piz Scerscen by the ''Porta da Roseg'' (3,522 m), also called the ''Güssfeldtsattel''. The Swiss side of this col – a steep ice slope of up to 70° – was first climbed by Paul Güssfeldt, with guides Hans Grass, Peter Jenny and Caspar Capa ...
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Piz Argient
Piz Argient (3,945 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps on the border between Italy and the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The peak is bounded to the north by the Morteratsch Glacier, to the west by the Upper Scerscen Glacier, and to the south and east by the Fellaria Glacier. It is separated from Piz Zupò to its east by the Fuorcla dal Zupò (3,851 m) and from Crast' Agüzza to its north-west by the Fuorcla da l'Argient (3,705 m). Huts * Marco e Rosa Hut (3,610 m) * Marinelli Hut The Club Alpino Italiano is the senior Italian alpine club which stages climbing competitions, operates alpine huts, marks and maintains paths, and is active in protecting the Alpine environment. It was founded in Turin in 1863 by the then fin ... (2,813 m) References * Collomb, Robin, ''Bernina Alps'', Goring: West Col Productions, 1988 External links The Bernina Group on SummitPost Bernina Range Engadin Pontresina Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountai ...
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Piz Scerscen
Piz Scerscen ( Romansh, it, Monte Scerscen, formerly ''Monte Rosso di Scerscen''), culminating at 3,971 m above sea level, is one of the highest peaks in the Bernina Range, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a satellite peak of Piz Bernina, joining it by its north-east ridge via a 3,882 m pass. Its name means 'the circular mountain' ('Scerscen' is pronounced ''cherchen''). The mountain has a prominent secondary summit called the ''Schneehaube'' (3,875 m). The first ascent of Piz Scerscen was by Paul Güssfeldt, Hans Grass and Caspar Capat on 13 September 1877 via the north-west spur, descending the same way. This is the well-known ''Eisnase'' route, involving a 100-metre ice pitch of between 60 and 70°,Collomb, Robin, ''Bernina Alps'', Goring: West Col Productions, 1988, p. 77–8 although its precise length and steepness are debateThis was the route followed by Walter Risch on the first solo ascent of the mountain in 1924. The first ascent of the north ...
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Piz Bianco
Piz Bianco (also known as ''Piz Alv'') is a minor summit north of Piz Bernina, in the Bernina Range of the Alps. It is located south of Pontresina Pontresina ( rm, Puntraschigna) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. History and name Pontresina was first mentioned in medieval Latin documents as ''ad Pontem Sarisinam'' in 1137 and ''de Ponte Sa ... in the canton of Graubünden. Culminating at 3,995 metres, Piz Bianco is the highest point of the snowy ridge named ''Biancograt'' (or ''Crast'Alva''). The summit is often traversed by climbers on the way to Piz Bernina. References External links Piz Bianco on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Graubünden Bernina Range Pontresina {{Graubünden-mountain-stub ...
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Piz Zupò
Piz Zupò (3,996 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies between the valleys of Morteratsch (Graubünden) and Malenco (Lombardy). Piz Zupò is the second highest peak in the range after Piz Bernina. The first ascent of the mountain was made by L. Enderlin and Serardi, with Badrutt (a chamois hunter) on 9 July 1863. See also *List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m *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 * Collomb, Robin, ''Bernina Alps'', Goring: West Col Productions, 1988 External links Bernina Range on SummitPostPiz Zupò on Hikr Bernina Range Engadin Pontresina Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Italy Mountain ...
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Morteratsch refers to several locations in the Graubünden canton of Switzerland: *Morteratsch Glacier *Piz Morteratsch, a mountain (3751 m) * Val Morteratsch, a valley *Morteratsch railway station Morteratsch railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Pontresina, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. The Morteratsch Glacier The Morteratsch Glacier (Romansh: Vad ...

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Morteratsch refers to several locations in the Graubünden canton of Switzerland: *Morteratsch Glacier *Piz Morteratsch, a mountain (3751 m) * Val Morteratsch, a valley *Morteratsch railway station Morteratsch railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Pontresina, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. The Morteratsch Glacier The Morteratsch Glacier (Romansh: Vad ...

Mera (river, Switzerland)
The Mera ( lmo, Maira) is a river in Switzerland and Italy. Its source is near the Piz Mungiroi, in the Grisons, Switzerland. First, it flows east in the direction to Maloja Pass, then turns west through the Val Bregaglia (german: Bergell) and crosses the border to Italy in Castasegna (Dogana). It is joined by the Acquafraggia close to Piuro, and then turns south at Chiavenna, just before it receives the river Liro from the right at Prata Camportaccio. The Mera ends in Lake Como, near Sorico in the Province of Como The Province of Como ( it, Provincia di Como; german: Provinz Como; Comasco: ) is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Le ....https://translate.yandex.ru/?utm_source=main_stripe_big&lang=ru-en&text=meri%20%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%20%D0%B2%20%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%20%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B5 References Exter ...
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Inn (river)
, image = UnterinntalWest.JPG , image_caption = Lower Inn valley from Rattenberg castle , source1_location = Swiss Alps (Lägh dal Lunghin) , source1_elevation = , source1_coordinates= , mouth_location = Danube (Passau) , mouth_elevation = , mouth_coordinates = , progression = , subdivision_type1 = Countries , subdivision_name1 = , subdivision_type2 = Cities , subdivision_name2 = , length = , discharge1_location= mouth , discharge1_avg = , basin_size = The Inn ( la, Aenus; rm, En) is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. The river is long. It is a right tributary of the Danube and it is the third largest tributary of the Danube by discharge. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina at . The Engadine, the valley of the En, is the only Swiss valley whose waters end up in the Black Sea (via the Danube). Etymology The name Inn is derived from the old Celtic words ''en'' and ''enios'', ...
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