Cime de Capoves
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Cime de Capoves
| other_name = Cima Capoves
| photo = Cima Capoves da sud.png
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 2260
| elevation_ref = {{Cite map | title = carta in scala 1:25.000 n.16 "Parco del Marguareis" | publisher = Fraternali }}
| prominence_m = 53
| prominence_ref= >Key col: Colle di Capoves (2207 m)
| range = Ligurian Alps
| listing =
| location = Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
| map = Alps | region =
| map_caption = Location in the Alps
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|44.153806|N|7.669267|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| topo =
| type =
| age =
| easiest_route =step meadows and some scrambling
| first_ascent = ancestral
}}
The Cime de Capoves (French) or Cima Capoves (Italian{{Cite book | page = 272 | title = Alpi Marittime | publisher = Club Alpino Italiano - Sezione di Torino | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UY5oC5P-Ha0C&q=Cima+capoves | year = 1908 | access-date=2017-11-26 }}) is a mountain of the Ligurian Alps located in the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, close to the French-Italian border.
History
The Cime the Capoves up to World War II belonged to Italy but, following the Paris Peace Treaties, signed in February 1947, is now in France{{Cite book | year = 1948 | first = Jandi | last = Sapi | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3BaY4-pZdLYC&q=Cima+perteg%C3%A0 | title = Il trattato di pace con l'Italia | page = 167 | publisher = Council of Foreign Ministers | access-date= 2017-11-26 }} because the France–Italy border runs between Colle dei Signori and Colle di Capeves east of the mountain.
Geography
The mountain belongs to the Ligurian Alps and is located on the main chain of the Alps. Going South a saddle at 2.007 m,Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, official 1:25.000 map on [https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte www.geoportail.gouv.fr] sometimes named Colle di Capoves,{{Cite web | title = Anello della Cresta del Ferà da Carnino Superiore | author = CompagniadellAnello | date = 29 May 2017 | url = http://www.lafiocavenmola.it/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9102&com_id=8072&com_rootid=8072& | access-date= 6 November 2017 }} divides it from the Cima di Pertegà, while going North the Cime de Capoves is divided from the Cima Gaina by the Colle dei Signori. On the eastern side of the mountain runs a former-military dirt road connecting Monesi (a village of the municipality of Triora) with the colle di Tenda. The summit is marked by a stone cairn and administratively belongs to an exclave of the Frenc municipality of La Brigue.
= SOIUSA classification =
According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:{{cite book
| last = Marazzi
| first = Sergio
| authorlink =
| title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA
| publisher = Priuli & Verlucca
| series =
| year = 2005
| language = Italian
| page =
| doi =
| isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8
}}
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = South Western Alps
- section = Ligurian Alps
- subsection = (It:Alpi del Marguareis/Fr:Alpes Liguriennes Occidentales)
- supergroup = (It:Catena Marguareis-Mongioie/Fr:Chaîne Marguareis-Mongioie)
- group = (It:Gruppo del Marguareis/Fr:Groupe du Marguareis)
- subgroup = (It:Nodo del Marguareis/Fr:Nœud du Marguareis)
- code = I/A-1.II-B.2.a
Hiking
The mountain is accessible by walking tracks starting from the footpath connecting Colle dei Signori and Colle di Capoves.{{Cite web | title = Escursione a piedi al Monte Bertrand (Val Tanaro) | author = Ente di gestione del Parco naturale del Marguareis| url = http://www.parks.it/parchi.cuneesi/man_dettaglio.php?id=2172 | access-date= 2017-11-26 }}
Mountain huts
- Rifugio Don Barbera
Maps
- {{Cite map | title = Cartografia ufficiale italiana in scala 1:25.000 e 1:100.000 | url = http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ | publisher = Istituto Geografico Militare }}
- {{Cite map | title = Géoportail (French official maps) | publisher = Institut géographique national | url = http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil }}
- {{Cite map | title = Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri | publisher = Istituto Geografico Centrale | location = Torino }}
References
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Category:Mountains of the Ligurian Alps