Scherbadung

#490 among destinations in Italy

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Scherbadung is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. Its Italian name has been used to name the mineral cervandonite which has only been found there. ()

Local name: Monte Cervandone Elevation: 10535 ftProminence: 2352 ftCoordinates: 46°19'27"N, 8°13'23"E

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PiedmontItaly

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Scherbadung – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ofenhorn, Monte Cistella, Monte Leone, Pizzo Diei.

6.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ofenhorn
160 min walk • The Ofenhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. It is located between the valleys of Binn and Formazza.
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Cistella
122 min walk • Monte Cistella is a mountain roughly in the middle of the Lepontine Alps.
7.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Leone
191 min walk • Monte Leone is the highest mountain of the Lepontine Alps and is located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The mountain stands on the extreme west of the Lepontine Alps, a few kilometres east of Simplon Pass.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pizzo Diei
107 min walk • Pizzo Diei is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is located in the Alpe Veglia Nature Park in the commune of Varzo, and has a slightly lower sister peak, the pyramidal shaped Monte Cistella.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hillehorn
108 min walk • The Hillehorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located between the Gantertal and the Binntal in the canton of Valais, close to the border with Italy.
0.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Schwarzhorn
19 min walk • The Schwarzhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border, between the Binntal and the Valle Dèvero. It lies north of the Scherbadung. The area is renowned for its unique minerals that are found here in a dolomitic host rock. Elements found are typically As, Fe, Pb, Sb.
7.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Valle Antigorio
181 min walk • The Antigorio Valley is one of the Alpine valleys radiating from the Ossola Valley, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy.
5.3 miSW
Park
Alpe Veglia and Alpe Devero Natural Park
136 min walk • The Alpe Veglia and Alpe Devero Natural Park was established in 1995 and is in the Ossola valley, in the Province of Verbania, Italy.
6.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hohsandhorn
175 min walk • The Hohsandhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border.