Punta Cornour
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| Punta Cornour | |
|---|---|
| Punta Cournour | |
 Late autumn view | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,868 m (9,409 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 418 m (1,371 ft)[2][3] |
| Isolation | 5.6 km (3.5 mi) |
| Listing | Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m |
| Coordinates | 44°51′01″N 7°05′33″E / 44.8501817°N 7.0924816°E |
| Geography | |
  Punta Cornour Location in the Alps | |
| Location | Piemonte, Italy |
| Parent range | Cottian Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1836, Captain Cossato of the Royal Sardinian Army[4] |
| Easiest route | Hike with some scabbling |
The Punta Cornour is a 2,868[4] metres high mountain on the Italian side of the Cottian Alps.
The mountain is also named Punta Cournour. While Punta Cornour appears in most of the available maps (i.e. the 1:50.000 scale IGC map Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca, based on the IGM official Italian 1:25.000 cartography ), Punta Cournour is reported by some older sources as, for instance, the Encyclopædia Britannica in its 1911 edition.[5]
Geography
The Punta Cornour is located on the water divide between val Germanasca (North) and val Pellice. It consists in a prominent peak clearly distinguishable also from the Po plain. The main ridge runs from SW to NE; from the summit branches out another ridge heading South. The summit of the mountain is the tripoint where the comune of Prali (Val Germanasca) meets Bobbio Pellice and Villar Pellice (both in Val Pellice).[6] The SE slopes, belonging to the comune of Villar Pellice, are made of steep rock cliffs, while the other faces have gentler slopes with a lot of blocks.
On the summit a small metallic pillar points out a trigpoint named 067905 Punta Cornour, which belonging to the primary IGM network.[7]
SOIUSA classification
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[8]
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = South Western Alps
- section = Cottian Alps
- subsection = Central Cottian Alps
- supergroup = Catena Bucie-Grand Queyron-Orsiera
- group = Gruppo Bucie-Cornour
- subgroup = Costiera Cornour-Cialancia
- code = I/A-4.II.A.1.b
