Piz Bernina

Piz Bernina
Pizzo Bernina (Italian)
Piz Bernina with the Biancograt to the right
Highest point
Elevation	4,048 m (13,281 ft)
Prominence	2,236 m (7,336 ft)[1] Ranked 5th in the Alps
Parent peak	Mont Blanc
Isolation	138 km (86 mi)[2]
Listing	Canton high point Ultra
Coordinates	46°22′56″N 9°54′29″E / 46.38222°N 9.90806°E / 46.38222; 9.90806
Naming
Language of name	Romansh
Geography
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Location	Graubünden, Switzerland (massif partially in Italy)
Parent range	Bernina
Topo map	Swisstopo 1277 Piz Bernina
Climbing
First ascent	13 September 1850 by Johann Coaz guided by Jon and Lorenz Ragut Tscharner
Easiest route	rock/ice climb

Piz Bernina (Romansh, Italian: Pizzo Bernina, Italian pronunciation: [ˈpittso berˈniːna]) is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest point of the Bernina Range, and the highest peak in the Rhaetian Alps.^[3] It rises 4,048 m (13,281 ft) and is located south of Pontresina and near the major Alpine resort of St. Moritz, in the Engadin valley. It is also the most easterly mountain higher than 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in the Alps, the highest point of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, and the fifth-most prominent peak in the Alps. Although the summit lies within Switzerland, the massif is on the border with Italy. The "shoulder" (4,020 m (13,190 ft)) known as La Spedla is the highest point in the Italian Lombardy region.

Piz Bernina is entirely surrounded by glaciers, of which the largest is the Morteratsch Glacier.

The mountain was named after the Bernina Pass in 1850 by Johann Coaz, who also made the first ascent.^[4] The prefix Piz comes from the Romansch language in Graubünden; any mountain with that name can be readily identified as being located in southeastern Switzerland.