Punta Mirauda
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
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| name = Punta Mirauda
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| photo = Punta Mirauda da Punta Agugion.png
| photo_caption = The summit from Punta Agugion in a foggy day
| elevation_m = 2157
| elevation_ref = {{harvnb|Fraternali|1:25.000 map nr.16|ref=frat}}.
| prominence_m = 77
| prominence_ref= Key col: Colletto (2.080 m)
| range = Ligurian Alps
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| map_caption = Location in the Alps
| label_position = left
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| easiest_route =hiking
| first_ascent = ancestral
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The Punta Mirauda is a mountain of the Ligurian Alps located in Piedmont (NW Italy).
Toponymy
Mirauda is a regional name used in Piedmont for the green whip snake.In Italian biacco; see {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YskiAQAAIAAJ&q=mirauda+biacco | pages = 195 | publisher = Società storica delle Valli di Lanzo | author = AA.VV. | language = it | title = Miscellanea di studi storici sulle Valli di Lanzo in memoria di Ines Poggetto | volume = 1 | year = 2007 | accessdate = 2021-03-18 }}
== Geography ==
File:Agugion e Mirauda dal Monte Vecchio.png
The mountain stands on the ridge dividing the valleys of Vermenagna and Pesio. Southwards of the summit the water divide lowers with Colla Vaccarile (2.050 m) after which stand the Monte Jurin and the Cima della Fascia. In the opposite direction, after Il Colletto (2.080 m), the ridge goes on with the Bric Costa Rossa and the Bisalta. From the Punta Mirauda starts a third ridge which, heading SW, divides the Vallone Sottana from the Valle Almellina, two tributaries of the main Vermenagna Valley. A last ridge heads E towards the centre of the Pesio valley, linking Punta Mirauda with the Labiaia Mirauda (1.971 m), a mountain that overlooks Pian della Gorre.{{harvnb|CAI-TCI|Alpi liguri, page 274|ref=CAI-TCI}}.
The prominence of Punta Mirauda is 77 m, its key col being the Colletto (2.080 m). The summit of the mountain is flanked by a subsummit named Punta Agugion (2.133 m{{harvnb|IGM|Tavoletta IGM 1:25.000|ref=igm}}.).{{cite web | language = it | url = https://montiliguri.weebly.com/punta-mirauda.html | title= Punta Miràuda 2155 m | author = L'Appenninista | accessdate = 2020-06-08 }}
= 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 = 64
| 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 Testa Ciaudon-Punta Mirauda
- subgroup = It:Dorsale della Punta Mirauda
- code = I/A-1.II-B.3.b
Geology
The mountain stands in a karstic area. A huge network of natural tunnels, which collects underground water reaching the acquifer through many fractures and ponors, takes its name from Punta Mirauda.{{cite book | language = it | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bbMmAAAAQBAJ&q=punta+mirauda+piemontese&pg=PA28 | chapter = Alta Valle Pesio e Tanaro | pages = 28 | title = 1000 oasi e parchi naturali da vedere in Italia | first = Gianni | last = Farneti | publisher = Rizzoli | year = 2011 | isbn = 9788858653739 | accessdate = 2020-06-08 }}
Access to the summit
The Punta Mirauda can be reached from Limone Piemonte (Casali Barat village) with an easy hiking itinerary,{{cite web | title = Tetti Barat (Limone) - Capanna Chiara - Vallone del Cros - Punta Mirauda | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/8231/ |language = it | publisher = gulliver.it | date = 29 May 2006 | author = mariateresa58 | accessdate = 2020-06-08 }} or from the Pesio valley, starting in this case from Pian delle Gorre.{{cite web | url = https://cuneotrekking.com/escursione/escursione-alla-colla-vaccarile-2050-m-e-alla-punta-mirauda-2157-m-valle-pesio/ | title = Escursione alla Colla Vaccarile (2050 m) e alla Punta Mirauda (2157 m) – Valle Pesio |language = it | publisher = cuneotrekking.com | author = Elio Dutto | date = 9 June 2015 | accessdate = 2020-06-08 }}
The mountain is also a classic, but quite engaging, ski mountaineering destination.{{cite web | language = it | title = Mirauda (Punta) da Limone Piemonte | publisher = gulliver.it | author = ciatpitois! | date = 2 March 2009 | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/5278/ | accessdate = 2020-06-08 }}
Conservation
The eastern slopes of the mountain, facing the Pesio Valley, are part of the Natural Park of Marguareis, a nature reserve established by Regione Piemonte.
References
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Bibliography
- Sergio Marazzi, Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Pavone Canavese (TO), Priuli & Verlucca editori, 2005.
- {{cite book |title=Alpi Liguri|first1 = Euro | last1=Montagna|last2=Montaldo|first2=Lorenzo|publisher=CAI-TCI|year=1981| language = it | series = Guida dei Monti d'Italia | ref=CAI-TCI}}
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 | ref = igm }}
- {{Cite map | title = Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri | publisher = Istituto Geografico Centrale | location = Torino }}
- {{Cite map | title = 1:25.000 map nr.16 "Val Vermenagna Valle Pesio Alta val Ellero Parco naturale del Marguareis" | publisher = Fraternali | location = Ciriè | ref=frat }}
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