Aiguille du Croissant

Aiguille du Croissant
Grand Combin, Pennine Alps
Highest point
Elevation4,260 m (13,980 ft)
Parent peakGrand Combin
Coordinates45°56′27.4″N 7°18′4.6″E / 45.940944°N 7.301278°E / 45.940944; 7.301278
Geography
Aiguille du Croissant is located in Switzerland
Aiguille du Croissant
Aiguille du Croissant
Parent rangePennine Alps

The Aiguille du Croissant is a minor summit in the Grand Combin massif in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland.[1] Because of its small prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.

The name refers to the crescent shaped summit.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Conway, Sir William Martin (1890). Climbers' Guide to the Central Pennine Alps. T. Fisher Unwin. p. 14.
  2. ^ Ball, John; Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1898). The Western Alps. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 444. ISBN 978-1-02-239649-4.


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