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Rocca Bernauda

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Rocca Bernauda
Roche Bernaude
Rocca Bernauda is located in Alps
Rocca Bernauda
Rocca Bernauda
Highest point
Elevation3,225 m (10,581 ft)
Prominence682 m (2,238 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Isolation12.28 km (7.63 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Geography
LocationHautes-Alpes,  France / Turin,  Italy
RegionFR
Parent rangeCottian Alps

Rocca Bernauda, in French Roche Bernaude, is a mountain of the Alps of 3,225 metres (10,581 ft). It is the most western point of Italy after the cession of Valle Stretta (Vallée Étroite) with the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947.

It's situated in the Cottian Alps close to Bardonecchia between the Susa Valley, Durance and Maurienne Valley With the Arc river. Geologically is composed by quartzites and gneiss, especially on the peak.