Torre del Gran San Pietro
Mountain in Italy
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Torre del Gran San Pietro (French: Tour du Grand-Saint-Pierre) is a mountain in the Gran Paradiso Massif, a sub-group of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 3,692 m. It is located between Piedmont and Aosta Valley, in northern Italy, near the Cogne Valley.
| Torre del Gran San Pietro Tour du Grand-Saint-Pierre | |
|---|---|
Torre del Gran San Pietro over the Coupé de Money glacier | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,692 m (12,113 ft) |
| Prominence | 332 m (1,089 ft) |
| Isolation | 7.05 km (4.38 mi) |
| Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
| Coordinates | 45°31′36″N 07°21′29″E |
| Geography | |
  Torre del Gran San Pietro Tour du Grand-Saint-Pierre Location within Alps | |
| Location | Aosta Valley, Italy |
| Parent range | Graian Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 14 July 1867 |
First ascent
In 1865 Amé Gorret, Martino Baretti, and Jean-Pierre Carrel reached a subsidiary summit on the crest of the mountain, which they subsequently dubbed Pic du Retour.[1] Two years later, Daniel Ballay and Michel Payot guided Douglas Freshfield, C. C. Tucker, T. H. Carson, and J. H. Backhouse to the main summit.[2]
