{{short description|Mountain in Italy}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Punta Lunella | image = Punta Lunella.JPG | image_caption = Punta Lunella S face | listing = Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m | other_name = | elevation_m = 2772 | map = Alps | map_caption = Location in the Alps | label_position = left | coordinates = {{coord|45.19623|N|7.21803|E|type:mountain_region:IT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_ref =<ref>{{harvnb| Berutto, Fornelli|1980|p =155 | ref = agm}}.</ref> | prominence_m =471 | prominence_ref = <ref>Key col: Passo Coupe Trape - 2301 m</ref><ref>{{Peakbagger|49610|Punta Lunella, Italy}}</ref> | parent_peak = | location = Province of Turin, Italy | range = Graian Alps | range_coordinates = | first_ascent = 23 June 1873; Martino Baretti with the guide Giuseppe Cibrario<ref>{{harvnb| Berutto, Fornelli|1980|p =155 | ref = agm}}.</ref> | easiest_route = hiking/scrambling from Colle del Colombardo or Niquidetto }} The '''Punta Lunella''' is a mountain of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 2,772 m.<ref name = IGM>Geoportale IGM on [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]</ref>
==Toponymy == In 1831 the mountain was named ''Punta Cruvin'' by the topographer Maggi after a nearby mountain pastures, "Alpe Cruvin". In the 1845 release of the Kingdom of Sardinia chart the mountain appears as ''Punta di Cruvin'', while a toponym ''Punta Lunel'' (also derived by the name of a mountain pasture) was applied to a lesser summit between the present-day Punta Lunella (2,772 m) and the Grand'Uja (2,666 m). On the following editions of the national topographic map the name ''Lunella'' (in the forms of ''La Lunella'' or ''Punta Lunella'') is permanently given to the 2,772 m mountain summit.<ref>{{harvnb| Berutto, Fornelli|1980|p =155 | ref = agm}}.</ref>
== Geography == [[File:Vetta_punta_Lunella.JPG|thumb|Summit cross]] The mountain is located on the ridge dividing Val Susa (South) from Val di Viù, and stands on the border between the comunes of Viù and Lemie (both in the Metropolitan City of Turin). Toward SE a mountain pass named ''Colle della Forcola'' (2,480 m) divides Punta Lunella from Rocca Maritano, while the main ridge goes West heading to the Rocciamelone.
In the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') subdivision of Alps the mountain, along with Monte Arpone, gives its name to the Alpine subgroup ''Cresta Lunella-Arpone'' (code = I/B-7.I-A.2.b).<ref>{{harvnb| Marazzi |2005 |p =134 | ref = priuli }}.</ref>
==Access to the summit== The easiest route for the summit is a footpath starting from the Prarotto chapel,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.comune.condove.to.it/it-it/vivere-il-comune/itinerari/da-prarotto-alla-rocca-patanua-ed-alla-punta-lunella-27774-1-1ed56a32c7e803e858f74d2a9c2c2e77 | title = Da Prarotto alla Rocca Patanua ed alla Punta Lunella | access-date = 2020-02-04 | publisher = Comune di Condove | language = it }}</ref> a small isolated church in the comune of Condove (Susa Valley). A second route, slightly harder and which needs some scrambling, starts from Pian Benot, a small sky resort in the Viù Valley.<ref>{{harvnb| Ceragioli, Molino|2006 |pp = 39–42 | ref = iter}}.</ref>
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==Maps== * Italian official cartography (''Istituto Geografico Militare'' - IGM); on-line version: [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it] * I.G.C. (''Istituto Geografico Centrale''): ''Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi'' 1:50.000 scale n.2 ''Valli di Lanzo e Moncenisio'', and 1:25.000 scale n.110 ''Basse valli di Lanzo''
== Bibliography == * {{cite book | language = it |first1 = Giulio |last1 =Berutto | first2 = Lino | last2 = Fornelli |title= Alpi Graie meridionali |year = 1980 |publisher = CAI / TCI |location = Milano | series = Guida dei Monti d'Italia | ref= agm}} * {{Cite book | title =Le più belle escursioni nelle valli di Lanzo | first1 = Filippo | last1 = Ceragioli | first2 = Aldo | last2 = Molino | chapter = Rocca Maritano e Punta Lunella | isbn = 9788877073426 | year = 2006 | location = Subiaco | publisher = Edizioni del Capricorno| language = it | ref = iter }} * {{cite book | last = Marazzi | first = Sergio | title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA | publisher = Priuli & Verlucca | year = 2005 | language = it |location = Scarmagno | isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8 | ref = priuli }}
== External links == * {{commons category-inline|Punta Lunella}} * ''Punta Lunella'': 360° panoramic image from the summit on [http://pano.ica-net.it/en/Piccole/Lunella.htm pano.ica-net.it] * [https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=49610 Punta Lunella, Italy on peakbagger.com]
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