Pizol

{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Pizol

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| photo_size = 285

| photo_caption = The Pizol (left) from the Pizolhütte

| elevation_m = 2844

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| prominence_m = 457

| parent_peak = Tödi

| prominence_ref = Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Heidelpass (2,387 m).

| map = Switzerland

| map_caption = Location in Switzerland

| location = St. Gallen, Switzerland

| range = Glarus Alps

| coordinates = {{coord|46|57|33|N|9|23|12|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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The Pizol is a mountain in the Glarus Alps of northeastern Switzerland, overlooking Wangs in the canton of St. Gallen. At 2,844 metres above sea level,{{cite book|last=Herbke|first=Stefan|title=Ostschweiz: Appenzell - Toggenburg - Glarner Alpen : 50 ausgewählte Skitouren zwischen Säntis, Alviergruppe, Pizol und Tödi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVcIXFIGWwcC&pg=PA76|year=2007|publisher=Bergverlag Rother GmbH|isbn=978-3-7633-5918-9|page=76}} it is the highest summit of the chain separating the valleys of the Seez and the Tamina rivers, and the highest mountain lying entirely within the canton of St. Gallen.

There are five mountain lakes (Pizolseen) on Pizol: Wangsersee at Pizolhütte, Wildsee, Schottensee, Schwarzsee (2368 m) and Baschalvasee (2174 m).{{cite book|last1=Kaiser|first1=Toni|last2=Ihle|first2=Jochen|last3=Volken|first3=Marco|title=Pilatus: Wandermagazin SCHWEIZ 6_2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=shW-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32|date=1 December 2013|publisher=Rothus Verlag|isbn=978-3-906274-00-3|page=32}} A small cirque glacier,{{cite book|last=Oerlemans|first=Johannes|title=Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change: Proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held at Amsterdam, 1–5 June 1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hML_CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|date=29 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-015-7823-3|page=85}} the Pizolgletscher, had been located above 2,600 metres on the northern side of the mountain.

Pizol Hut lies at {{convert|2227|m}}.{{cite book|last1=Abend|first1=Bernhard|last2=Schliebitz|first2=Anja|title=Schweiz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJtXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA187|date=30 September 2013|publisher=Baedeker|isbn=978-3-8297-1455-6|page=187}}

On 22 September 2019, a 'funeral' and mourning ceremony was held for the Pizol glacier which had disappeared due to rising temperatures.{{cite web |title=Pizol glacier: Swiss hold funeral for ice lost to global warming |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49788483 |website=BBC |accessdate=22 September 2019}}

{{cite news |last1=Law |first1=Tara |title=With 'Deepest Sadness,' Swiss Mourn Passing of Alps Glacier |url=https://time.com/5684215/pizol-glacier-climate-change-switzerland/?# |accessdate=15 November 2019 |work=Time |date=23 September 2019 |language=en}} A similar ceremony had been held in August when the Okjökull glacier in Iceland disappeared.{{cite web|website=CNN|accessdate=Sep 22, 2019|date=Sep 22, 2019|author1=Arnaud Siad|author2=Amy Woodyatt|title=Hundreds mourn 'dead' glacier at funeral in Switzerland|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/22/europe/swiss-glacier-funeral-intl-scli/index.html}}

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