Rocca Bernauda | |
Other Name: | Roche Bernaude |
Elevation M: | 3222 |
Prominence M: | 687 |
Prominence Ref: | [1] |
Listing: | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
Range: | Cottian Alps |
Location: | Hautes-Alpes, France / Turin, Italy |
Map: | Alps |
Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 45.1031°N 6.6267°W |
Rocca Bernauda (French: Roche Bernaude) is a mountain of the Alps of 3222m (10,571feet). It has been the westernmost point of Italy since the cession of Valle Stretta (Vallée Étroite) at the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947.
It is in the Cottian Alps close to Bardonecchia between the Susa Valley, Durance and Maurienne Valley With the Arc River. Geologically, it has quartzites and gneiss, especially at the peak.