Ambin group
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| Ambin group | |
|---|---|
| Gruppo d'Ambin / Groupe d'Ambin | |
| File:Valle di Susa-Rocciamelone-Ambin.jpg
Ambin group seen from Roccasella
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Rognosa d'Etiache |
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| Geography | |
| Countries | Italy and France |
| Regione, Région | Piedmont / Rhône-Alpes |
| provincia, département | Turin, Savoie |
| Parent range | Pennine Alps |
The Ambin group (Groupe d'Ambin in French, Gruppo d'Ambin in Italian) is a sub-range of the Cottian Alps located on the French-Italian border.
Contents
Geography
Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provincia di Torino (southern slopes) and the French département de la Savoie (northern slopes).
Borders
The borders of Ambin group are (clockwise):
- Etiache pass (west, it connects Ambin group with Pierre Menue group);
- ruisseau d'Etache, ruisseau d'Ambin, Arc and ruisseau de la Fémaz (north);
- Mont Cenis pass (east, it connects Ambin group with the Graian Alps);
- torrente Rochemolles, Dora Riparia and Cenischia (south).
Notable summits
File:Rocca d'Ambin e Denti d'Ambin.JPG
Mont d'Ambin (right) and Denti d'Ambin (left)
| Name | metres | Name | metres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punta Sommeiller | 3,333 | Rognosa d'Etiache | 3,382 |
| Mont d'Ambin | 3,378 | Denti d'Ambin | 3,372 |
| Monte Niblè | 3,365 | Punta Ferrand | 3,348 |
| Monte Giusalet | 3,313 | Cima del Vallonetto | 3,217 |
| Punta Clairy | 3,161 | Punta Galambra | 3,122 |
| Gros Peyron | 3,047 | Monte Seguret | 2,962 |
| Mont Malamot | 2,917 | Monte Jafferau | 2,805 |
| Le Grand Cordonnier | 3,086 | Le Petit Vallon | 3,236 |
| Pointe de Bellecombe | 2,755 | Mont Froid | 2,822 |
Mountain huts
File:Refuge ambin sfondo signal petit mt cenis.jpg
Refuge d'Ambin
- Rifugio Levi Molinari (1,850 m - Exilles)
- Refuge de Bramanette (2,080 m - Bramans)
- Refuge du Petit Mont-Cenis (2,110 m - Bramans)
- Rifugio Scarfiotti (2,165 m - Bardonecchia)
- Refuge d'Ambin (2,270 m - Bramans)
- Rifugio Avanzà (2,578 m - Venaus)
- Rifugio Piero Vacca (2,670 m - Venaus)
- Rifugio Luigi Vaccarone (2,747 m - Giaglione)
- Bivacco Sigot (2,921 m - Exilles)
- Bivacco Walter Blais (2,925 m - Exilles)
Bibliography
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Maps
- Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
- French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
- Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca e 1:25.000 n. 104 Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx
References
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