Piz Cengalo

{{Short description|Mountain in the Bregaglia range of the Alps}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Piz Cengalo

| photo = Pizzo Cengalo.jpg

| photo_size = 285

| photo_caption = Piz Cengalo (left) and Piz Badile (right) from the north side

| elevation_m = 3369

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 620

| prominence_ref = Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Passo di Zocca (2,749 m).

| isolation_km = 5.8

| isolation_ref = Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is west of the Cima di Castello.

| parent_peak = Monte Disgrazia

| listing = Mountains of Switzerland,
Alpine mountains above 3000 m

| location = Lombardy, Italy
Graubünden, Switzerland

| range = Bregaglia Range

| map = Alps

| map_caption = Location in the Alps

| coordinates = {{coord|46|17|41.1|N|9|36|07.4|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| range_coordinates =

| type = Granite

| age =

| first_ascent = 25 July 1866 D. W. Freshfield and C. Comyns Tucker with guide F. Dévouassoud

| easiest_route = West Ridge (PD)

}}

Piz Cengalo ([tʃ´ɛŋɡalɔ]) (3,369 m) is a mountain in the Bregaglia range of the Alps on the border between the Swiss canton of Graubünden and Italy. The first ascent of the mountain was by D. W. Freshfield and C. Comyns Tucker with guide F. Dévouassoud on 25 July 1866.Collomb, Robin G., Bregaglia West, Goring: West Col Productions, 1984 The name 'Cengalo' derives from Tschingel, meaning girdle.

On 28 December 2011 c. 1.5 million cubic metres of rock broke away from the summit area, causing a massive landslide on the Swiss side of the mountain that could be heard in Soglio and Bondo.[http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2012/01/03/Vermischtes/Fast-unbemerkt-Riesen-Bergsturz-im-Bergell "Fast unbemerkt: Riesen-Bergsturz im Bergell"], tagesschau.sf.tv, 3 January 2012. Accessed 9 May 2012[http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/enormous-landslide-goes-by-unreported.shtml?28360 "Enormous landslide goes by unreported"], worldradio.ch, 4 January 2012. Accessed 9 May 2012 As subsequent massive rockfalls are expected in the same area, some hiking and climbing routes have been closed. On 23 August 2017 another landslide occurred on the mountain, estimated about three times bigger than the one in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.suedostschweiz.ch/ereignisse/2017-08-24/bondo-bleibt-sperrgebiet|title=Bondo bleibt Sperrgebiet|website=www.suedostschweiz.ch|language=de|access-date=2017-08-25}}