Ambin group
{{short description|Sub-range of the Cottian Alps on the French-Italian border}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name= Ambin group
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| other_name= Gruppo d'Ambin / Groupe d'Ambin
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| photo= Valle di Susa-Rocciamelone-Ambin.jpg
| photo_caption= Ambin group seen from Roccasella
| country= {{enum|Italy|France}}
| subdivision1_type= Regione, Région
| subdivision1= {{enum|Piedmont|Rhône-Alpes}}
| subdivision3_type= Provincia, Département
| subdivision3= {{enum|Turin|Savoie}}
| parent= Cottian Alps
| highest= Rognosa d'Etiache
| elevation_m= 3382
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The Ambin group (Groupe d'Ambin in French, Gruppo d'Ambin in Italian) is a sub-range of the Cottian Alps located on the French-Italian border.
Geography
Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provincia di Torino (southern slopes) and the French département de la Savoie (northern slopes).
= Borders =
The borders of Ambin group are (clockwise):
- Etiache pass (west, it connects Ambin group with Pierre Menue group);
- ruisseau d'Etache, ruisseau d'Ambin, Arc and ruisseau de la Fémaz (north);
- Mont Cenis pass (east, it connects Ambin group with the Graian Alps);
- torrente Rochemolles, Dora Riparia and Cenischia (south).
Notable summits
File:Rocca d'Ambin e Denti d'Ambin.JPG (right) and Denti d'Ambin (left)]]
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| Name | metres | Name | metres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punta Sommeiller | 3,333 | Rognosa d'Etiache | 3,382 |
| Mont d'Ambin | 3,378 | Dents d'Ambin | 3,372 |
| Monte Niblè | 3,365 | Punta Ferrand | 3,348 |
| Mont Giusalet | 3,313 | Cima del Vallonetto | 3,217 |
| Signal du Petit Mont Cenis | 3,162 | Punta Galambra | 3,122 |
| Gros Peyron | 3,047 | Monte Seguret | 2,962 |
| Mont Malamot | 2,917 | Monte Jafferau | 2,805 |
| La Pointe du Notaire | 3,269 | Le Petit Vallon | 3,236 |
| Pointe de Bellecombe | 2,755 | Mont Froid | 2,822 |
Mountain huts
File:Refuge ambin sfondo signal petit mt cenis.jpg
- Rifugio Levi Molinari (1,850 m - Exilles)
- Refuge de Bramanette (2,080 m - Bramans)
- Refuge du Petit Mont-Cenis (2,110 m - Bramans)
- Rifugio Scarfiotti (2,165 m - Bardonecchia)
- Refuge d'Ambin (2,270 m - Bramans)
- Rifugio Avanzà (2,578 m - Venaus)
- Rifugio Piero Vacca (2,670 m - Venaus)
- Rifugio Luigi Vaccarone (2,747 m - Giaglione)
- Bivacco Sigot (2,921 m - Exilles)
- Bivacco Walter Blais (2,925 m - Exilles)
Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = Aruga | first = Roberto |author2=Pietro Losana |author3=Alberto Re | title = Alpi Cozie settentrionali | publisher = Club Alpino Italiano | series = Guida ai monti d'Italia | year = 1985 | language = it }}
Maps
- Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]
- French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: [http://www.geoportail.fr/5069711/visu2D/afficher-en-2d.htm www.geoportail.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113135629/http://www.geoportail.fr/5069711/visu2D/afficher-en-2d.htm |date=2007-11-13 }}
- I.G.C. (Istituto Geografico Centrale) - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca e 1:25.000 n. 104 Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx