Monte Prosa

Monte Prosa is a mountain in the Saint-Gotthard Massif, a mountain range in the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland.

Monte Prosa
Monte Prosa in summer, showing the pass to the right of the lake
Highest point
Elevation2,738 m (8,983 ft) [1]
ListingMountains of Switzerland
Coordinates46°33′43″N 8°34′53″E 
Geography
Monte Prosa
Location in Switzerland
LocationTicino, Switzerland
Parent rangeLepontine Alps

The mountain has an elevation of 2,737 m (8,980 ft) above sea level. It is located northeast of the Gotthard Pass in the Airolo municipality of Ticino. It can be climbed over the northeast ridge.[2] The mountain is composed of Lower Triassic Granite from the Rotondo Granite intrusion.[3][4]

The Gotthard Road Tunnel runs beneath the mountain approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft) under the Gotthard pass. The Sasso da Pigna fortress, which can be reached from the pass, has been built into Monte Prosa. East of the mountain is the Lago della Sella reservoir.

German poet Friedrich Schiller mentioned both Monte Prosa and nearby Fibbia in his 1804 work Berglied (Song of the Mountain).[2]

  • The old road to the Saint Gotthard Pass. Monte Prosa is the peak on the left.
  • Sasso da Pigna fortress from the public panorama viewpoint to the east cannon.

References
  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps.
  2. Prosa (Monte). In: Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Vierter Band. Attinger, Neuenburg 1906, S. 44.
  3. "Prosa-Granit". Lithostratigrafisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Akademie der Naturwissenschaften. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  4. Hafner, Stefan S.; Loida, Andreas (1980). "Origin and variation of the microcline triclinicity in granitic bodies of the Central Alps". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 73 (2): 563.
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