Piz Cengalo
Encyclopedia
Piz Cengalo is a mountain
in the Bregaglia range
of the Alps
on the border between the Swiss
canton
of Graubünden
and Italy
.
The first ascent of the mountain was by D. W. Freshfield
and C. Comyns Tucker with guide F. Dévouassoud on 25 July 1866.
The name 'Cengalo' derives from Tschingel, meaning girdle.
Mountain
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in the Bregaglia range
Bregaglia Range
The Bregaglia Range is a small group of mostly granite mountains in Graubünden, Switzerland and the Province of Sondrio, northern Italy. It derives its name from the partly Swiss, partly Italian valley, the Val Bregaglia, and is known as Bergell in German...
of the Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
on the border between the Swiss
Switzerland
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canton
Cantons of Switzerland
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of Graubünden
Graubünden
Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...
and Italy
Italy
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.
The first ascent of the mountain was by D. W. Freshfield
Douglas Freshfield
Douglas William Freshfield was a British lawyer, mountaineer and author, who edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880...
and C. Comyns Tucker with guide F. Dévouassoud on 25 July 1866.
The name 'Cengalo' derives from Tschingel, meaning girdle.