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Parrotspitze, Italy/Switzerland

Prominence: 136 m, 447 ft

Elevation: 4432 meters, 14,541 feet

True Isolation: 0.66 km, 0.41 mi

Peak Type	Sub-Peak, subsidiary to Monte Rosa
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	45° 55' 11'' N, 7° 52' 16'' E 45.919736, 7.87111 (Dec Deg) 412461 E 5085749 N, Zone 32 (UTM)
Country	Italy Switzerland
State/Province	Valais Piedmont
County/Second Level Region	Vercelli Visp
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Parrotspitze": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Parrotspitze at SummitPost.org Lists that contain Parrotspitze: Alpine 4000-meter Peaks (Rank #11) UIAA Alpine 4000-meter Peaks (Rank #15)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 41 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 41) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2003-08-24 by Keith Anderson 2008-07-04 by Jamie Sav 2009-07-13 by Nandor Somkuti
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Happy team on Parrotspitze summit - successful acclimatization before going to Mont Blanc. The peak behind us is Liskamm (2019-06-16). Photo by Rok Podgornik.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 136 m/447 ft
  Optimistic Prominence: 136 m/447 ft
  Line Parent: Signalkuppe
  Key Col: Seserjoch    4296 m/14,094 ft

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.66 km/0.41 mi
   Isolation Limit Point: 45.925, 7.875
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Signalkuppe  (NNE)

Ranges

Continent: Europe
Range2: Alps
Range3: Southern Alps
Range4: Pennine Alps
Range5: Southeast Zermatt Area
Range6: Monte Rosa

Drainage Basins

Rhone
Gulf of Lion
Western Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean

Po
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean

First Ascent

August 16, 1863
    Anderegg, Melchior
    Grove, F. Crauford (United Kingdom)
    MacDonald, Reginald
    Perren, Peter
    Woodmass, Montagu

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