Gran Paradiso
Gran Paradiso
Elevation	4,061 metres (13,323 feet)
Location	Italy
Range	Graian Alps
Prominence	1891 m
Coordinates	45°32′N 7°16′E
First ascent	1860 by Cowell, Dundas, Payot, Tairraz
Easiest route	rock/ice climb

The Gran Paradiso (fr : Grand Paradis) is the highest mountain group in the Graian Alps, located in the Aosta Valley region of north-west Italy. The peak is close to Mont Blanc on the nearby border with France, but entirely in Italian territory. Image File history File links Gran_Paradiso. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... A mountain range (Sierra in the Spanish language) is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... The chief peaks of the Graian Alps, from the Mont Cenis to the Little St Bernard Pass, are usually divided into three groups, the Central (the watershed between the two passes named), the Western or French, and the Eastern or Italian; in the following lists the initials C, W, and... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (USA) has the largest visible base-to-summit elevation difference on Earth. ... The chief peaks of the Graian Alps, from the Mont Cenis to the Little St Bernard Pass, are usually divided into three groups, the Central (the watershed between the two passes named), the Western or French, and the Eastern or Italian; in the following lists the initials C, W, and... The Aosta Valley (in Arpitan: Val dOuta, French: Vallée dAoste, Italian: Valle dAosta) is a mountainous and very silly and smelly region in north-western Italy. ... This article is about the Alpine mountain. ...

The highest summit (4,061 metres (13,323 feet)) was first reached on September 4, 1860 by J.J. Cowell, W. Dundas, J. Payot and J. Tairraz. Today it is generally considered an easy climb, except for the last 60 metres to the top. Climbs normally start from either the Rifugio Chabod or the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele. The latter is named after Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy who created the Gran Paradiso royal reserve in 1856, actually Gran Paradiso National Park. September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820—January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861, and King of Italy from 1861 until his death in 1878. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Gran Paradiso National Park is a National Park in north-west Italy. ...

The Gran Paradiso, seen from Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele

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External links

• Gran Paradiso on Distantpeak.com
• Photo gallery (german)
• Panoramic view of Gran Paradiso
• Look to Graian Alps with Gran Paradiso from Petite Chenalette