Aiguille du Croissant explained

Aiguille du Croissant
Elevation M:4260
Parent Peak:Grand Combin
Map:Switzerland
Location:Valais, Switzerland
Range:Pennine Alps
Coordinates:45.9409°N 7.3013°W

The Aiguille du Croissant is a minor summit in the Grand Combin massif in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland.[1] Because of its small prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.

The name refers to the crescent shaped summit.[2]

See also

References

  1. Book: Conway, Sir William Martin . Climbers' Guide to the Central Pennine Alps . 1890 . T. Fisher Unwin . 14 . en.
  2. Book: Ball, John . The Western Alps . Coolidge . William Augustus Brevoort . 1898 . Longmans, Green and Company . 978-1-02-239649-4 . 444 . en.

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