Piz Argient

Piz Argient (3,945 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps on the border between Italy and the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Piz Argient
Bellavista (left and centre), Piz Argient (snowy dome, right) and Crast' Agüzza (rocky peak, extreme right)
Highest point
Elevation3,945 m (12,943 ft)
Prominence99 m (325 ft)[1]
Parent peakPiz Zupò
Isolation0.5 km (0.31 mi) 
Listing
Coordinates46°21′57.28″N 9°55′30.9″E
Naming
English translationSilver peak
Geography
Piz Argient
Location in the Alps
LocationItaly / Switzerland
Parent rangeBernina Range
Geology
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
First ascent1869 by Seiler and von Seldeneck, with guides Christian Grass, J. B. Walther and a chamois hunter
Easiest routeNorth-east ridge from the Fuorcla dal Zupò (F)

The peak is bounded to the north by the Morteratsch Glacier, to the west by the Upper Scerscen Glacier, and to the south and east by the Fellaria Glacier. It is separated from Piz Zupò to its east by the Fuorcla dal Zupò (3,851 m) and from Crast' Agüzza to its north-west by the Fuorcla da l'Argient (3,705 m).

Huts

References

  1. Swisstopo maps
  • Collomb, Robin, Bernina Alps, Goring: West Col Productions, 1988
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