Punta San Matteo

Punta San Matteo
Highest point
Elevation3,678 m (12,067 ft)
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates46°22′44″N 10°34′00″E / 46.37889°N 10.56667°E / 46.37889; 10.56667
Naming
English translationSaint Matthew's Peak
Language of nameItalian
Geography
Punta San Matteo is located in Italy
Punta San Matteo
Punta San Matteo
Italy
LocationBorder between Lombardy and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Parent rangeOrtler Alps
Climbing
First ascent28 June 1865 by Francis Fox Tuckett, Douglas William Freshfield, James Backhouse, George Henry Fox, François Devouassoud and Peter Michel

Punta San Matteo is a secondary peak of Ortler-Vioz in the Ortler Alps, at the border between the Province of Sondrio (Lombardy region) and Trentino (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region) in northern Italy.

It was the scene of the Battle of San Matteo in World War I, which, until the 1999 Kargil war, has been the highest battlefield in modern warfare history.