Monte Leone

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Monte Leone is a prominent mountain peak in the central Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, known for being the highest summit of the Lepontine Alps.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Monte Leone canonical 3
Monte Leone (Italian) 1
Monte Leone di Profa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine three-thousander
international mountain
mountain
climbingDifficulty F to PD
continent Europe
country Italy
Switzerland
drainageBasin Po basin
Rhône river basin
surface form: Rhône basin
elevation 3553 m
3553 metres
firstAscentBy F. F. Tuckett
J. B. Biner
J. J. Hornby
Leslie Stephen
M. Zumtaugwald
firstAscentYear 1862
hasCol Simplon Pass
hasGlacier Ghiacciaio del Leone
Monte Leone Glacier
hasLanguageVariantName Monte Leone (German and Italian form coincide)
Monte Leone self-linksurface differs
surface form: Monte Leone (Italian)

Punta del Leone
hasMapReference Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
surface form: Swiss National Map 1:25,000
hasParentPeak Finsteraarhorn
hasRockType gneiss
hasSubpeak Monte Leone self-linksurface differs
surface form: Monte Leone di Profa
hasSummitFeature broad snow and ice dome
highestPointOf Lepontine Alps
isPartOf Pennine and Lepontine Alps region
isPopularFor alpine climbing
ski mountaineering
isVisibleFrom Simplon Pass
surface form: Simplon Pass road
keyCol Simplon Pass
locatedIn Lepontine Alps
locatedInCanton Canton of Valais
locatedInProvince Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
locatedInRegion Piedmont
locatedOnBorderOf Italy
Switzerland
mountainRange Alps
Lepontine Alps
nearestLocality Simplon Pass
Simplon village
normalRoute from Simplon Pass via south-west ridge
overlooks Simplon Pass
prominence 1264 m

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennine Alps contains Monte Leone
Monte Leone hasSubpeak Monte Leone self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Monte Leone di Profa
Monte Leone hasLanguageVariantName Monte Leone self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Monte Leone (Italian)
Lepontine Alps highestPoint Monte Leone
Lepontine Alps notablePeak Monte Leone