The Basòdino is a
mountain
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in the
Lepontine Alps
The Lepontine Alps (, , ) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Canton of Uri, Uri and Graubünden) and Italy (Piedmont and Lombardy).
The Simplon Tunnel, Simplon rail tunnel ...
on the border between
Italy
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and
Switzerland
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. It is the second highest peak in the canton of
Ticino
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, after the
Rheinwaldhorn.
On its summit is located a
geodetic point of
IGM named ''05A901 Monte Basodino''.
SOIUSA classification
According to
SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain is classified in the following way:
* main part =
Western Alps
The Western Alps are the western part of the Alps, Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzer ...
* major sector = North-Western Alps
* section =
Lepontine Alps
The Lepontine Alps (, , ) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Canton of Uri, Uri and Graubünden) and Italy (Piedmont and Lombardy).
The Simplon Tunnel, Simplon rail tunnel ...
* subsection = South-western Lepontine Alps
* supergroup = Catena Basodino-Cristallina-Biela
* group = Gruppo del Basodino
* subgroup = Gruppo del Basodino
sensu stricto,
*
code
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= I/B-10.II-A.1.b
See also
*
List of mountains of Ticino
*
List of mountains of Switzerland
*
List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland
References
Mountains of Piedmont
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Ticino
Lepontine Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Italy–Switzerland border
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