Monte Grammondo
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| Monte Grammondo | |
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| Mont Grandmont | |
 Monte Grammondo snow-clad seen from Bordighera | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,378 m (4,521 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 671[1] |
| Isolation | 9.33 km (5.80 mi)  |
| Coordinates | 43°50′29″N 07°30′31″E / 43.84139°N 7.50861°E |
| Geography | |
  Monte Grammondo Alps | |
| Location | Liguria, Italy Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Parent range | Alps |
Monte Grammondo is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Alps.
Geography
[edit]The mountain is located in the provinces of Imperia in Italy and Alpes-Maritimes in France. It lies at an altitude of 1378 metres.
SOIUSA classification
[edit]According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[2]
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = South Western Alps
- section = Maritime Alps
- subsection = (Fr:Préalpes de Nice/It:Prealpi di Nizza)
- supergroup = (Fr:Groupe Rocaillon-Grand Braus/It: Gruppo Rocaillon-Grand Braus)
- group = (Fr:Chaîne Grand Baus-Razet-Grandmont/It:Catena Braus-Razet-Grandmont)
- code = I/A-2.II-A.2
Access to the summit
[edit]Grammondo's top can be reached on foot from Bevera valley starting from the villages of Sospel (in France), Olivetta, Torri, San Pancrazio or Villatella[3] (Italy), and also from Castellar and Castillon, located in the valleys nearby Menton (France).
Conservation
[edit]The Italian slopes of Monte Grammondo, along with most of the Ligurian part of Bévéra valley, belongs to a SIC (Site of Community Importance) called M. Grammondo T. Bevera (code IT 1315717).[4]
References
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Media related to Monte Grammondo at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ a b ''Monte Grammondo, Italy, www.peakbagger.com
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
- ^ Grammondo (Monte) da Villatella, anello per Punta Longoira e Roc d'Ormea, daniele64 ,http://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/60579/ (access:2016-03-03)
- ^ AA.VV. "SIC IT 1315717 M.Grammondo T.Bevera - Piano di gestione" (PDF) (in Italian). Provincia di Imperia. Retrieved 2018-07-30.