Cima di Jazzi

Cima di Jazzi
Cima di Jazzi (left) from west
Highest point
Elevation3,792 m (12,441 ft)
Prominence241 m (791 ft)[1]
Parent peakMonte Rosa
Coordinates45°58′51.9″N 7°53′40.9″E / 45.981083°N 7.894694°E / 45.981083; 7.894694
Geography
Cima di Jazzi
Location in the Alps
LocationValais, Switzerland
Piedmont, Italy
Parent rangePennine Alps

The Cima di Jazzi (English: Jazzi Peak) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border, just north of Monte Rosa. It overlooks Macugnaga on its east (Italian) side. The west (Swiss) side is entirely covered by glaciers.

Cima di Jazzi is a snow cap, the peak of the Weissgrats located north of the Y-shaped mountain rock corset. Jazzi is a common name in the Valais Alps and actually means ''mountain pasture''.[2]

Geography

The SOIUSA partition of the Alps places the mountain in the Monte Rosa group of the alpine subsection Eastern Aosta and Northern Valsesia Alps (Pennine Alps); its code is: I/B-9.III-A.3.a.[3]

Mountain huts

References

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Altes Weisstor (3,551 m).
  2. ^ "Cima di Jazzi | Alpinism". Swiss Alpine Club SAC. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  3. ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.


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