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 in the Alps
Location	Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
First ascent	14 July 1867

First ascent

In 1865 Amé Gorret, Martino Baretti, and J. P. 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]

See also

• List of mountains of the Alps

References

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