Pizzo dell'Uomo

Pizzo dell'Uomo
Pizzo dell'Uomo from Lake of Saint Maria
Highest point
Elevation2,663 m (8,737 ft)
Prominence287 m (942 ft)[1]
Parent peakPizzo del Sole
Coordinates46°32′40.3″N 8°46′37.9″E / 46.544528°N 8.777194°E / 46.544528; 8.777194
Naming
English translationMankind's Peak
Language of nameItalian
Geography
Pizzo dell'Uomo is located in Switzerland
Pizzo dell'Uomo
Pizzo dell'Uomo
Location in Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
CantonTicino
Parent rangeLepontine Alps
Topo mapSwiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

Pizzo dell'Uomo is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps and part of the extended Saint-Gotthard Massif, located between Lai da Sontga Maria and Pizzo del Sole, in the canton of Ticino, just southwest of the Passo del Lucomagno. The border with the canton of Graubünden runs on the northern foot of the mountain, although it lies on the main Alpine watershed, between the basin of the Rhine and that of the Ticino.

Pizzo dell'Uomo is, along with the Chrüzlistock and Piz Vatgira, one of the main peaks traversed by the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The tunnel runs below the summit of Pizzo dell'Uomo, or more precisely, just northeast of it.

  1. ^ Swisstopo maps