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Corno di Ban

Coordinates: 46°25′3.36″N 8°21′41.40″E / 46.4176000°N 8.3615000°E / 46.4176000; 8.3615000
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46°25′3.36″N 8°21′41.40″E / 46.4176000°N 8.3615000°E / 46.4176000; 8.3615000

Corno di Ban
Lake Morasco with Corno di Ban (center) between Monte Immel (right) and Punta di Morasco (left)
Highest point
Elevation3,028 m (9,934 ft)
Geography
Map
LocationPiedmont, Italy
Parent rangeLepontine Alps

Corno di Ban is a mountain of Piedmont, Italy, with an elevation of 3,028 metres (9,934 ft). It is located in the Lepontine Alps, in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, a few kilometers from the border with Switzerland.[1][2]

It is the highest peak of the Ban massif, a group of peaks higher than 2,800 meters (also including Monte Immel, Punta Morasco, Punta del Ghiacciaio di Ban, Gemelli di Ban, Punta Lebendum, Punta dei Camosci, Pizzo del Costone, Pizzo del Vallone, Punta della Sabbia) located between Lake Morasco and Lake Sabbione, in the upper Val Formazza. Corno di Ban is the only three-thousander in the massif.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Hikr
  2. ^ Renato Armelloni, Alpi Lepontine: Sempione, Formazza, Vigezzo : Leone, Helsenhorn, Cervandone, Arbola, Blinnenhorn, Basòdino, Fiorera, Biela, Pioda, Pioda di Crana, Guida dei Monti d'Italia, pp. 118-121-134
  3. ^ Summitpost
  4. ^ Renato Armelloni, Alpi Lepontine: Sempione, Formazza, Vigezzo : Leone, Helsenhorn, Cervandone, Arbola, Blinnenhorn, Basòdino, Fiorera, Biela, Pioda, Pioda di Crana, Guida dei Monti d'Italia, pp. 118-121-134