Piz Daint Explained

Piz Daint
Elevation M:	2968
Prominence M:	734
Prominence Ref:	^[1]
Parent Peak:	Ortler
Listing:	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Range:	Ortler Alps
Location:	Graubünden, Switzerland
Map:	Switzerland
Coordinates:	46.6188°N 10.2909°W

Piz Daint (in Romansh pits ˈdajnt/) is a mountain of the Swiss Ortler Alps, overlooking the Ofen Pass in the canton of Graubünden. The closest locality is Tschierv on the north side.

Name

The name was originally spelled Piz d'Aint, which is Romansh for "inner peak". The name is relative to the peak to the east called Piz d'Ora, meaning "outer peak". It corresponds to the local naming convention.

The name was officially changed to Piz Daint towards the end of the 20th century.

Other uses

Piz Daint is the namesake of the CSCS supercomputer announced in 2013.^[2]

See also

• Piz Dora

External links

• Piz Daint Supercomputer
• Piz Daint on Hikr

Notes and References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Döss Radond (2,234 m).
2. Web site: With "Piz Daint" CSCS enters the path towards petaflop computing - Cscs . www.cscs.ch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914183444/http://www.cscs.ch/publications/press_releases/2013/with_piz_daint_cscs_enters_the_path_towards_petaflop_computing/index.html . 2014-09-14.