Rocca dei Tre Vescovi

Rocca dei Tre Vescovi
Rocher des Trois Évêques
Rocca dei Tre Vescovi seen from Bassa di Colombart.
Highest point
Elevation	2,867 m (9,406 ft)
Coordinates	44°21′47″N 6°53′12″E / 44.36306°N 6.88667°ECoordinates: 44°21′47″N 6°53′12″E / 44.36306°N 6.88667°E
Geography
Rocca dei Tre Vescovi Location in the Alps
Location	Piedmont, Italy Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Parent range	Maritime Alps
Climbing
First ascent	E. Troya, P. Vigliardi and two unknown soldiers

Rocca dei Tre Vescovi (French: Rocher des Trois Évêques) is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, on the boundary between the province of Cuneo (Piedmont, northern Italy) and the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur.

Located near the Maddalena Pass, it is joined to the nearby Enciastraia peak by a ridge. The name, meaning "Rock of the Three Bishops", derives from the fact that the mount is on the intersection point of three Catholic dioceses, those of Cuneo, Nice and Digne.^[1]

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:^[2]

• main part = Western Alps
• major sector = South Western Alps
• section = Maritime Alps
• subsection = (Fr:Alpes Maritimes d.l.s.l./It:Alpi Marittime)
• supergroup = (Fr:Chaîne Corborant-Ténibre-Enchastraye/It:Catena Corborant-Tenibres-Enciastraia)
• group = (Fr:Massif Enchastraye-Siguret/It:Gruppo Enciastraia-Siguret)
• subgroup = (Fr:Groupe de l'Enchastraye/It:Gruppo dell'Enciastraia)
• code = I/A-2.1-C.12.a

References

1. Rivista del Club Alpino Italiano: 78. 1917. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 71. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

Sources

• Villani, Nanni (April 2002). Monte Argentera, tre metri sotto i tremila e trecento, in Piemonte Parchi - speciale Cime Tempestose. Regione Piemonte.