Pizzo Quadro Explained

Pizzo Quadro
Elevation M:	2793
Prominence M:	470
Prominence Ref:	^[1]
Parent Peak:	Basòdino
Map:	Alps#Switzerland#Italy Piedmont
Location:	Ticino, Switzerland Piedmont, Italy
Range:	Lepontine Alps
Coordinates:	46.2983°N 8.4278°W

Pizzo Quadro is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. With an elevation of 2,793 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the range lying south of the Wandfluhhorn and the Guriner Furggu (2,323 m). Pizzo Quadro is located between the localities of San Rocco di Prèmia (Piedmont) and Campo (Ticino).

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:^[2]

• main part = Western Alps
• major sector = North Western Alps
• section = Lepontine Alps
• subsection = Ticino and verbano Alps
• supergroup = Catena Basodino-Cristallina-Biela
• group = Catena Fiorera-Biela-Corona di Groppo
• subgroup = Gruppo Corona del Groppo-Pizzo Quadro
• code = I/B-10.II-A.3.c

External links

• Pizzo Quadro on Hikr

Notes and References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Guriner Furggu (2,323 m).
2. Book: Marazzi , Sergio . Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Priuli & Verlucca . 2005 . Italian . 978-88-8068-273-8 .