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Punta Sommeiller (in Italian) or Pointe Sommeiller (in
In the French subdivision of
French
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) is a mountain of the Province of Turin
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, Italy
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and of Savoie
Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population o ...
, France
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. It lies in the Cottian Alps
The Cottian Alps (; french: Alpes Cottiennes ; it, Alpi Cozie ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between France (Hautes-Alpes and Savoie) and Italy (Piedmont). The Fréjus Road Tunnel and Fréjus Ra ...
range. It has an elevation of above sea level.
Etymology
The old name of the mountain was ''Rognosa di Galambra'', which derived from the secondary valley of Galambra (atributary
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of Dora Riparia
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). It was then renamed by the geologist Martino Baretti, author of the first documented ascent to the summit, in order to avoid confusions with two neighboring ''"Rognosa"''s, Rognosa d'Etiache and Rognosa del Sestriere. The new name was chosen to honour Germain Sommeiller, the civil engineer
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which directed the construction of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel between Savoy
Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.
Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south.
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and Piedmont
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Geography
In the French subdivision of western Alps
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it belongs to the ''Massif du Mont-Cenis
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'' while in the SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA.
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It was desig ...
(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') it is part of the mountain group called ''" gruppo d'Ambin"'' ( Italian) or ''" groupe d'Ambin"'' (French
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).
Administratively the mountain is divided between the Italian comune
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s of Bardonecchia
Bardonecchia (; french: Bardonèche or ; pms, Bardonecia ; oc, Bardonescha ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley. It grew out of a small villa ...
(SW face) and Exilles Exilles ( Occitan: ''Eissilhas''; nonstandard Occitan: ''Isiya''; Piedmontese: ''Isiles''; Latin: ''Excingomagus'' or ''Scingomagus''; Italianization under Italian Fascism: ''Esille'') is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the I ...
(SE face) and the French commune of Bramans
Bramans is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.geodetic point of the Italian
The easiest route for the summit starts from passo Settentrionale dei Fourneaux (3,159 m, which connects
Military Geographic Institute
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is defined on the top of the mountain.
Access to the summit
The easiest route for the summit starts from passo Settentrionale dei Fourneaux (3,159 m, which connects Exilles Exilles ( Occitan: ''Eissilhas''; nonstandard Occitan: ''Isiya''; Piedmontese: ''Isiles''; Latin: ''Excingomagus'' or ''Scingomagus''; Italianization under Italian Fascism: ''Esille'') is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the I ...
and Bardonecchia
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), then follows the south ridge of the mountain.
Mountain huts
* Rifugio Scarfiotti (2,165 m -Bardonecchia
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)
* Rifugio Levi Molinari (1,850 m - Exilles Exilles ( Occitan: ''Eissilhas''; nonstandard Occitan: ''Isiya''; Piedmontese: ''Isiles''; Latin: ''Excingomagus'' or ''Scingomagus''; Italianization under Italian Fascism: ''Esille'') is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the I ...
)
* Bivacco Sigot (2,910 m - Exilles Exilles ( Occitan: ''Eissilhas''; nonstandard Occitan: ''Isiya''; Piedmontese: ''Isiles''; Latin: ''Excingomagus'' or ''Scingomagus''; Italianization under Italian Fascism: ''Esille'') is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the I ...
)
* Refuge d'Ambin (2,270 m - Bramans
Bramans is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.Istituto Geografico Militare'' - IGM); on-line version
www.pcn.minambiente.it
* French official cartography (''
www.geoportail.fr
* I.G.C. (''Istituto Geografico Centrale'') - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 ''Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca'' e 1:25.000 n. 104 ''Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx''
pano.ica-net.it
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www.pcn.minambiente.it
* French official cartography (''
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'' - IGN); on-line version:www.geoportail.fr
* I.G.C. (''Istituto Geografico Centrale'') - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 ''Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca'' e 1:25.000 n. 104 ''Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx''
External links
* ''Punta Sommeiller'': 360° panoramic image from the summit opano.ica-net.it
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