Pizzo Barone
View from Pizzo Cramosino to Pizzo Barone (background centre)
Highest point
Elevation2,864 m (9,396 ft)
Prominence119 m (390 ft)[1]
Parent peakPizzo Campo Tencia
Coordinates46°24′21″N 8°44′32″E / 46.40583°N 8.74222°E / 46.40583; 8.74222
Geography
Pizzo Barone is located in Switzerland
Pizzo Barone
Pizzo Barone
Location in Switzerland
LocationTicino, Switzerland
Parent rangeLepontine Alps

Pizzo Barone (2,864 m) is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It is located south of Pizzo Campo Tencia and is the highest summit of the Valle Verzasca in the canton of Ticino. From Sonogno a trail leads to the summit.

South of the peak is a small lake (2,391 m) named Lago Barone.

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is located north of the summit at 2,745 metres.


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