Pizzo dell'Uomo explained

Pizzo dell'Uomo
Native Name Lang:it
Translation:Mankind's Peak
Language:Italian
Elevation M:2663
Prominence M:287
Prominence Ref:[1]
Parent Peak:Pizzo del Sole
Map:Switzerland
Region Type:Canton
Region:Ticino
Country:Switzerland
Range:Lepontine Alps
Coordinates:46.5445°N 8.7772°W
Topo:Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

Pizzo dell'Uomo is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps and part of the extended Saint-Gotthard Massif, located between Lai da Sontga Maria and Pizzo del Sole, in the canton of Ticino, just southwest of the Passo del Lucomagno. The border with the canton of Graubünden runs on the northern foot of the mountain, although it lies on the main Alpine watershed, between the basin of the Rhine and that of the Ticino.

Pizzo dell'Uomo is, along with the Chrüzlistock and Piz Vatgira, one of the main peaks traversed by the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The tunnel runs below the summit of Pizzo dell'Uomo, or more precisely, just northeast of it.

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  1. [Swisstopo]