Great mountains
Four 4,000 m peaks in Valle d'Aosta
Mountain systems of the Val d'Aosta have sketched a natural skyline where 4 peaks, well known to mountaineers, are easily recognised:
Mont-Blanc
(4,810 m), a mountain sculpted in granite and second only in Europe after Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus mountains; Mount
Cervino or Matterhorn (4,478 m), with its characteristic pyramidal form;
Mount Rosa
(4,634 m), second highest mountain in the Alps; and mount
Gran Paradiso
(4,061 m), the only 4,000 m mountain to be entirely located on Italian land.
Page by the Office for Tourism, Sports, Trade and Transport - Updated on 21/10/2009
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