Basòdino
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The Basòdino is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It is the second highest peak in the canton of Ticino, after the Rheinwaldhorn. On its summit is located a geodetic point of IGM named 05A901 Monte Basodino.
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain is classified in the following way:
main part = Western Alps major sector = North-Western Alps section = Lepontine Alps subsection = South-western Lepontine Alps supergroup = Catena Basodino-Cristallina-Biela group = Gruppo del Basodino subgroup = Gruppo del Basodino sensu stricto, code = I/B-10.II-A.1.b
List of mountains of Ticino List of mountains of Switzerland List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland
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