Monte Viso

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Monte Viso is a prominent peak in the Cottian Alps of northwest Italy, noted for its distinctive pyramid shape and as one of the highest mountains in the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Monte Viso canonical 2
Monviso summit 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine four-thousander candidate ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Il Re di Pietra ⓘ
Monviso ⓘ
climbingDifficulty PD ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
elevation 3841 m ⓘ
firstAscentBy Frederick William Jacomb ⓘ
linked to: F. W. Jacomb

Jean-Baptiste Croz ⓘ
Michel Croz ⓘ
William Mathews ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1861-08-30 ⓘ
hasMountainHut Rifugio Quintino Sella al Monviso ⓘ
Rifugio Vallanta ⓘ
Rifugio Vitale Giacoletti ⓘ
hasRockType metamorphic rock ⓘ
ophiolite ⓘ
hasSummitName Monviso ⓘ
isLandmarkFor Piedmont plain ⓘ
isolation 31.9 km ⓘ
listedIn SOIUSA classification of the Alps ⓘ
locatedIn Cottian Alps ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ
northwestern Italy ⓘ
mountainRange Cottian Alps ⓘ
nearbyTown Crissolo ⓘ
nearbyValley Val Po ⓘ
Valle Varaita ⓘ
normalRoute southern slope route from Quintino Sella hut ⓘ
notableFor high prominence over surrounding terrain ⓘ
pyramidal shape ⓘ
parentPeak Mont Blanc ⓘ
partOf Alps ⓘ
photoSubjectOf Italian 1-cent euro coin (reverse background silhouette) ⓘ
prominence 2062 m ⓘ
protectedArea Parco Naturale del Monviso ⓘ
linked to: Parco del Monviso

Parco del Monviso ⓘ
relativeLocation near the French border ⓘ
southwest of Turin ⓘ
SOIUSAMainPart Western Alps ⓘ
SOIUSAMajorSector South Western Alps ⓘ
linked to: southern Alps
SOIUSASector Cottian Alps ⓘ
SOIUSASubgroup Gruppo del Monviso ⓘ
linked to: Monviso massif
sourceOf Po River ⓘ
translationOfNickname The Stone King ⓘ
visibleFrom Po Valley ⓘ
Turin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monviso → isAlsoKnownAs → Monte Viso ⓘ
Crissolo → locatedAtFootOf → Monte Viso ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Crissolo
Coolidge Glacier → near → Monviso summit ⓘ
linked to: Monte Viso