Piz Costainas (also known as Furkelspitz) is a mountain of the Ortler Alps, straddling the Swiss-Italian border between Graubünden and South Tyrol. It is the easternmost mountain rising above 3,000 metres in Switzerland.

Piz Costainas
Furkelspitz
Piz Costainas is located in Alps
Piz Costainas
Piz Costainas
Location in the Alps
Highest point
Elevation3,004 m (9,856 ft)
Prominence199 m (653 ft)[1]
Parent peakPiz Cotschen
Coordinates46°33′46″N 10°28′25″E / 46.56278°N 10.47361°E / 46.56278; 10.47361
Geography
LocationSouth Tyrol, Italy, Graubünden, Switzerland
Parent rangeOrtler Alps

References edit

  1. ^ Swisstopo maps

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