Bessanèse | |
Other Name: | Uia di Bessanese |
Elevation M: | 3592 |
Prominence M: | 394 |
Prominence Ref: | [1] |
Map: | Alps |
Location: | Savoie, France and Piedmont, Italy |
Range: | Graian Alps |
Coordinates: | 45.18°N 7.07°W |
Listing: | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
First Ascent: | 31-8-1857 by Antonio Tonini |
Bessanèse (Uia di Bessanese in Italian) (3,594 m), is a mountain of the Graian Alps on the France and Italy border.
Most famous on its Italian side, the mountain lies at the head of the Valli di Lanzo, around 30 km north of Turin. A popular hiking peak, its summit lies on a 150 m long ridge.[2]