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Mountain in Italy
Ciarforon
Charforon
Highest point
Elevation3,642 m (11,949 ft)
Prominence341
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates45°29′40″N 7°14′48″E / 45.494444°N 7.246592°E / 45.494444; 7.246592
Geography
Ciarforon Charforon is located in AlpsCiarforon CharforonCiarforon
CharforonLocation in the Alps
LocationAosta Valley and Piedmont, Italy
Parent rangeGraian Alps

Ciarforon or Charforon (3,642m), is a mountain in the Gran Paradiso massif of the Graian Alps on the border of Aosta Valley and Piedmont, Italy.

Location

It lies south of Gran Paradiso, on the watershed between Valsavarenche and the Orco Valley. It boasts a mighty dome-shaped summit and a huge ice sheet on its upper slopes. The mountain is glaciated on all four sides.

The domed summit of Ciarforon

References

  1. "Ciarforon". peakbagging.top. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. SCT Partout géonavigateur - Aosta Valley
  3. "Ciarforon - summitpost". summitpost.org. Retrieved 28 January 2015.


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