{{short description|Sub-range of the Cottian Alps on the French-Italian border}} {{Infobox mountain <!-- *** Heading *** --> | name= Ambin group | native_name= | other_name= Gruppo d'Ambin / Groupe d'Ambin <!-- *** Names **** --> | etymology= <!-- *** Image *** --> | image= Valle di Susa-Rocciamelone-Ambin.jpg | image_caption= Ambin group seen from Roccasella <!-- *** Country *** --> | country= {{enum|Italy|France}} | subdivision1_type= Regione, Région | subdivision1= {{enum|Piedmont|Rhône-Alpes}} | subdivision3_type= Provincia, Département | subdivision3= {{enum|Turin|Savoie}} <!-- *** Family *** --> | parent= Cottian Alps <!-- *** Locations *** --> | highest= Rognosa d'Etiache | elevation_m= 3382 | coordinates= {{coord|45|08|07|N|6|50|06|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | length_km= | length_orientation= | width_km= | width_orientation= | area_km2= <!-- *** Features *** --> | geology= | orogeny= | biome= <!-- *** Maps *** --> | map= | map_caption= }} The '''Ambin group''' (''Groupe d'Ambin'' in French, ''Gruppo d'Ambin'' in Italian) is a sub-range of the Cottian Alps located on the French-Italian border.
== Geography == Administratively the range is divided between the Italian ''provincia di Torino'' (southern slopes) and the French ''département de la Savoie'' (northern slopes).
=== Borders === The borders of Ambin group are (clockwise): * Etiache pass (west, it connects Ambin group with Pierre Menue group); * ruisseau d'Etache, ruisseau d'Ambin, Arc and ruisseau de la Fémaz (north); * Mont Cenis pass (east, it connects Ambin group with the Graian Alps); * torrente Rochemolles, Dora Riparia and Cenischia (south).
== Notable summits == [[File:Rocca d'Ambin e Denti d'Ambin.JPG|thumb|Mont d'Ambin (right) and Denti d'Ambin (left)]] {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name!!metres!!Name!!metres |- | Punta Sommeiller||3,333 ||Rognosa d'Etiache||3,382 |- | Mont d'Ambin||3,378||Dents d'Ambin||3,372 |- | Monte Niblè||3,365||Punta Ferrand||3,348 |- | Mont Giusalet||3,313||Cima del Vallonetto||3,217 |- | Signal du Petit Mont Cenis||3,162||Punta Galambra||3,122 |- | Gros Peyron||3,047||Monte Seguret||2,962 |- | Mont Malamot||2,917||Monte Jafferau||2,805 |- | La Pointe du Notaire||3,269||Le Petit Vallon||3,236 |- | Pointe de Bellecombe ||2,755 ||Mont Froid||2,822 |}
== Mountain huts == thumb|Refuge d'Ambin * Rifugio Levi Molinari (1,850 m - Exilles) * Refuge de Bramanette (2,080 m - Bramans) * Refuge du Petit Mont-Cenis (2,110 m - Bramans) * Rifugio Scarfiotti (2,165 m - Bardonecchia) * Refuge d'Ambin (2,270 m - Bramans) * Rifugio Avanzà (2,578 m - Venaus) * Rifugio Piero Vacca (2,670 m - Venaus) * Rifugio Luigi Vaccarone (2,747 m - Giaglione) * Bivacco Sigot (2,921 m - Exilles) * Bivacco Walter Blais (2,925 m - Exilles)
== Bibliography == * {{cite book | last = Aruga | first = Roberto |author2=Pietro Losana |author3=Alberto Re | title = Alpi Cozie settentrionali | publisher = Club Alpino Italiano | series = Guida ai monti d'Italia | year = 1985 | language = it }}
==Maps== * Italian official cartography (''Istituto Geografico Militare'' - IGM); on-line version: [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it] * French official cartography (''Institut Géographique National'' - IGN); on-line version: [http://www.geoportail.fr/5069711/visu2D/afficher-en-2d.htm www.geoportail.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113135629/http://www.geoportail.fr/5069711/visu2D/afficher-en-2d.htm |date=2007-11-13 }} * I.G.C. (''Istituto Geografico Centrale'') - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 ''Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca'' e 1:25.000 n. 104 ''Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx''
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Mountain ranges of the Alps Category:Mountain ranges of Piedmont Category:Mountain ranges of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Category:Metropolitan City of Turin Category:Savoie