Monte Meidassa

Monte Meidassa
Monte Meidassa with, on the left background, the Monte Granero
Highest point
Elevation	3,105 m (10,187 ft)
Prominence	86 m (282 ft)[1]
Isolation	0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Coordinates	44°43′09″N 07°04′20″E
Geography
Monte Meidassa Location in the Alps
Location	Piedmont, Italy
Parent range	Cottian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	from Pian del Re (Crissolo)

Monte Meidassa is a peak in the Cottian Alps, in western Piedmont, northern Italy. The slightly higher Monte Granero is located nearby.

Geography

Administratively it is divided between the Metropolitan City of Turin and the province of Cuneo, both in the Piedmont region. Included in the comuni of Crissolo and Bobbio Pellice, not far from the boundary with France, it has an elevation of 3,105 m. It separates the Valle Pellice and the Valle Po.

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 = South Western Alps
• section = Cottian Alps
• subsection = southern Cottian Alps
• supergroup = catena Aiguillette-Monviso-Granero
• group = gruppo Granero-Frioland
• subgroup = gruppo del Monte Granero
• code = I/A-4.I-C.9.a

References

1. Monte Meidassa, Italy, www.peakbagger.com (accessed on April 2014)
2. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

External links

Media related to Monte Meidassa at Wikimedia Commons

• Monte Meidassa, Italy on peakbagger.com