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Cima di Pertegà (Italian) or Cime de la Pertègue (French) is a mountain located on the French-Italian border between Piemonte and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Cima di Pertegà
Cime de la Pertègue
Highest point
Elevation	2,404 m (7,887 ft)[1]
Prominence	297 m (974 ft)[1]>[2]
Coordinates	44°08′50.39″N 7°40′45.19″E
Geography
Cima di Pertegà Location in the Alps
Location	Piemonte, Italy - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Parent range	Ligurian Alps
Climbing
First ascent	ancestral
Easiest route	step meadows

History

The mountain up to World War II was totally belonging to Italy but, following the Paris Peace Treaties, signed in February 1947, is now shared between Italy and France.[3] In former times it was also named Cima Varcona o Cima Valcona[4]

Geography

The mountain belongs to the Ligurian Alps and is located on the main chain of the Alps. On its top three ridges meet: on the northern one a saddle at 2.207 m,[5] sometimes named Colle di Capoves,[6] divides the Cima di Pertegà from the Cime de Capoves (2.260 m[5]). Going east a mountain ridge starts from Cima di Pertegà dividing Carnino valley (a north) from the central part of the Tanarello valley, while going South the Cima di Pertegà is divided by the nearby Cime de l'Eveque and Monte Bertrand by the steep saddle of the colle delle Selle Vecchie. On the Italian side of the mountain runs a former-military dirt road connecting Monesi (a village of the municipality of Triora) with the colle di Tenda. The summit of the Cima di Pertegà is marked by a boundary marker, and close to it is located a small summit cross.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[7]

• main part = Western Alps
• major sector = South Western Alps
• section = Ligurian Alps
• subsection = (It:Alpi del Marguareis/Fr:Alpes Liguriennes Occidentales)
• supergroup = (It:Catena Marguareis-Mongioie/Fr:Chaîne Marguareis-Mongioie)
• group = (It:Gruppo del Marguareis/Fr:Groupe du Marguareis)
• subgroup = (It:Nodo del Marguareis/Fr:Nœud du Marguareis)
• code = I/A-1.II-B.2.a

Environment

The mountain is made of steep but regular and grassy slopes. Its NE slopes are included in the Parco naturale del Marguareis.[8]

Hiking

The mountain is accessible by walking tracks on steep meadows starting from the Colle dei Signori (North of the summit), Colle delle Selle Vecchie (South) or Passo di Framargal (East).[9] The summit is also a well known winter hike, mainly for ski mountaineers.[10]

Mountain huts

• Rifugio Don Barbera

Maps

• Cartografia ufficiale italiana in scala 1:25.000 e 1:100.000 (Map). Istituto Geografico Militare.
• Géoportail (French official maps) (Map). Institut géographique national.
• Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri (Map). Torino: Istituto Geografico Centrale.

See also

• France–Italy border

References

Media related to Cima di Pertegà at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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La cima di Pertegà (Cime de la Pertègue in francese[3]) è una montagna di 2.404 m s.l.m. delle Alpi Liguri (sottosezione Alpi del Marguareis). È anche nota come cima di Valcona[4].

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