Bessanèse

Bessanèse (Uia di Bessanese in Italian) (3,594 m), is a mountain of the Graian Alps on the France and Italy border.

Bessanèse
Uia di Bessanese
Bessanèse from the Italian side
Highest point
Elevation3,592 m (11,785 ft)
Prominence394 m (1,293 ft)[1]
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates45°11′N 7°04′E
Geography
Bessanèse
Location in the Alps
LocationSavoie, France and Piedmont, Italy
Parent rangeGraian Alps
Climbing
First ascent31-8-1857 by Antonio Tonini[2]

Features

Most famous on its Italian side, the mountain lies at the head of the Valli di Lanzo, around 30 km north of Turin. A popular hiking peak, its summit lies on a 150 m long ridge.[3]

Bibliography

  • Giulio Berutto and Lino Fornelli (1980). Alpi Graie Meridionali, Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in Italian). Milano: Club Alpino Italiano and Touring Club Italiano. ISBN 978-88-365-0077-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Maps

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References

Media related to Uia di Bessanese at Wikimedia Commons

  1. "Uia Di Bessanese". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. (Berutto and Fornelli 1980, p. 275)
  3. "Bessanese - summitpost". summitpost.org. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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