Monte Argentera
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Monte Argentera is a mountain in the Maritime Alps
, in the province of Cuneo
, Piedmont
, northern Italy
. With an elevation of 3297 metres (10,817 ft), it is the highest peak in the range.
The peak is located in the upper Valle Gesso
, on the boundary between the municipalities of Entracque
and Valdieri
. Geologically, it is formed by gneiss
of various composition, with local outcrop
s of granite
.
Maritime Alps
The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the French département Alpes-Maritimes and the Italian province of Cuneo. The Col de Tende separates them from the Ligurian Alps; the Maddalena Pass separates them from the Cottian Alps...
, in the province of Cuneo
Province of Cuneo
ayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....
, Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
, northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. With an elevation of 3297 metres (10,817 ft), it is the highest peak in the range.
The peak is located in the upper Valle Gesso
Valle Gesso
Valle Gesso is a valley in the Maritime Alps , located in the Italian province of Cuneo and crossed by the Gesso torrent.The language spoken by the inhabitants belongs to the Occitan language family.-Geography:...
, on the boundary between the municipalities of Entracque
Entracque
Entracque is a small town in the Valle Gesso of the Maritime Alps of north-west Italy, about 20 km southwest of Cuneo and close to the French border...
and Valdieri
Valdieri
Valdieri is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southwest of Turin and about 15 km southwest of Cuneo, on the border with France...
. Geologically, it is formed by gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from pre-existing formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks.-Etymology:...
of various composition, with local outcrop
Outcrop
An outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth. -Features:Outcrops do not cover the majority of the Earth's land surface because in most places the bedrock or superficial deposits are covered by a mantle of soil and vegetation and cannot be...
s of granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
.