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Mountain in Switzerland
Piz da las Trais Linguas
Dreisprachenspitze (German)
Cima Garibaldi (Italian)
Garibaldi Hut on the summit
Highest point
Elevation2,843 m (9,327 ft)
Prominenceless than 20 m
Parent peakPiz Cotschen/Rötlspitz
Coordinates46°31′54.8″N 10°27′07.8″E / 46.531889°N 10.452167°E / 46.531889; 10.452167
Geography
Piz da las Trais Linguas is located in AlpsPiz da las Trais LinguasPiz da las Trais LinguasLocation in the AlpsShow map of AlpsPiz da las Trais Linguas is located in SwitzerlandPiz da las Trais LinguasPiz da las Trais LinguasPiz da las Trais Linguas (Switzerland)Show map of SwitzerlandPiz da las Trais Linguas is located in South TyrolPiz da las Trais LinguasPiz da las Trais LinguasPiz da las Trais Linguas (South Tyrol)Show map of South Tyrol
LocationGraubünden, Switzerland
Lombardy/South Tyrol, Italy
Parent rangeOrtler Alps

Piz da las Trais Linguas (Romansh: [ˈpits dɐ lɐs trajs ˈliŋwɐs] ; German: Dreisprachenspitze; both meaning 'peak of the three languages'; Italian: Cima Garibaldi), is a minor summit of the Ortler Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The summit is the tripoint between the Italian regions of Lombardy and South Tyrol and the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Before World War I it was the international tripoint of Switzerland, the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary. The Romansh and German names refer to the encounter of different linguistic areas in this region. The Italian name refers to Giuseppe Garibaldi, however losing the reference to the meeting of different cultures.

On its southern side the mountain overlooks the Stelvio Pass (German: Stilfserjoch).

View of Stelvio Pass from the summit

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps.

External links

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