Punta Maria Cristina

Punta Maria Cristina
Punta Maria Cristina
	View from the south side
Highest point
Elevation	3,706 m (12,159 ft)
Prominence	71 m (233 ft) [1]
Parent peak	Dent d'Hérens
Coordinates	45°58′20″N 7°37′13″E
Geography
	Punta Maria Cristina Location in the Alps
Location	Valais, Switzerland ; Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range	Pennine Alps

The Punta Maria Cristina (lit. 'Maria Cristina Peak') is a mountain (3,706 m) of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border. It lies on the main Alpine watershed, between the Dent d'Hérens and the Matterhorn.

On the summit is the permanent bivouac shelter named Giorgio e Renzo Novella, dedicated in 1983 to the Novella Brothers from Vercelli, who both died while mountain-climbing.[2]

References

Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located west of the summit at 3,635 metres.
"Il cammino dell'alpinismo giovanile dalle origini ad oggi" (PDF). Commissione Centrale di Alpinismo Giovanile (in Italian). 2010. p. 47. [...] due fratelli “Giorgio e Renzo Novella” tragicamente periti in montagna. [...] la famiglia Novella di Vercelli che, per ricordare i due figli caduti in montagna, ha finanziato, negli anni 1981 e 1982 l’arredamento della camerata.

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[1] Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located west of the summit at 3,635 metres.

[2] "Il cammino dell'alpinismo giovanile dalle origini ad oggi" (PDF). Commissione Centrale di Alpinismo Giovanile (in Italian). 2010. p. 47. [...] due fratelli “Giorgio e Renzo Novella” tragicamente periti in montagna. [...] la famiglia Novella di Vercelli che, per ricordare i due figli caduti in montagna, ha finanziato, negli anni 1981 e 1982 l’arredamento della camerata.