{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Piz Linard | image = PizLinard02.PNG | image_size = 285 | image_caption = View of Piz Linard from the Engadine valley (south) | elevation_m = 3410 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 1027 | prominence_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the Swisstopo maps. The key col is the Albula Pass (2,383 m).</ref> | isolation_km = 24.9 | isolation_ref = <ref>Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is Piz Kesch.</ref> | parent_peak = Piz Kesch | listing = List of mountains of Switzerland, <br/> Alpine mountains above 3000 m | location = Graubünden, Switzerland | range = Silvretta Alps | map = Switzerland | map_caption = Location in Switzerland | coordinates = {{coord|46|47|56|N|10|04|17|E|type:mountain_region:CH-GR_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | range_coordinates = | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = August 1, 1835 by Oswald Heer and Johann Madutz | easiest_route = Scramble }}
'''Piz Linard''' is a pyramid-shaped mountain of the Swiss Alps. At 3,410 m it is the highest peak of the Silvretta mountain range.
It was first climbed on August 1, 1835, by the geologist and naturalist Oswald Heer led by Johann Madutz.
thumb|left|Piz Linard from the north in July 1986
There is a legend that a man of name "Chounard" reached the summit in 1572 carrying a large golden cross; however, the cross has never been found.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Piz Linard|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/piz-linard.html|access-date=2021-05-12|website=PeakVisor|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Krauß|first=Martin|title=Der Träger war immer schon vorher da - Die Geschichte des Wanderns und Bergsteigens in den Alpen|publisher=Carl Hanser Verlag|isbn=978-3-312-00558-1 |location=Munich}}</ref>
Piz Linard is located between the valleys of ''Val Lavinuoz'' (east) and ''Val Saglains'' (west), both part of the basin of the Inn river in the Engadine valley.
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==See also== * List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland
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==External links== {{Commons category|Piz Linard (Silvretta)|Piz Linard}} * [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/153472/piz-linard.html Piz Linard on Summitpost] * [http://www.hikr.org/dir/Piz_Linard_2911/ Piz Linard on Hikr]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Linard}} Category:Mountains of the Grisons Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Alpine three-thousanders Category:Mountains of Switzerland Category:Silvretta Alps Category:Zernez
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