# Punta Lunella
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{{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](/source/List_of_mountains_of_the_Alps_(2500%E2%80%932999_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 =[{{harvnb| Berutto, Fornelli|1980|p =155 | ref = agm}}.]
| prominence_m =471
| prominence_ref = [[Key col](/source/Key_col): Passo Coupe Trape - 2301 m][{{Peakbagger|49610|Punta Lunella, Italy}}]
| parent_peak =
| location = [Province of Turin](/source/Province_of_Turin), [Italy](/source/Italy)
| range = [Graian Alps](/source/Graian_Alps)
| range_coordinates =
| first_ascent = 23 June 1873; Martino Baretti with the [guide](/source/mountain_guide) Giuseppe Cibrario[{{harvnb| Berutto, Fornelli|1980|p =155 | ref = agm}}.]
| easiest_route = [hiking](/source/hiking)/[scrambling](/source/scrambling) from Colle del Colombardo or Niquidetto
}}
The '''Punta Lunella''' is a mountain of the [Graian Alps](/source/Graian_Alps), with an elevation of 2,772 m.[Geoportale [IGM](/source/Istituto_Geografico_Militare) on [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]]
==Toponymy ==
In 1831 the mountain was named ''Punta Cruvin'' by the [topographer](/source/Topography) Maggi after a nearby mountain pastures, "Alpe Cruvin". In the 1845 release of the [Kingdom of Sardinia](/source/Kingdom_of_Sardinia) [chart](/source/Topographic_map) 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](/source/Grand'Uja) (2,666 m). On the following editions of the national [topographic map](/source/topographic_map) the name ''Lunella'' (in the forms of ''La Lunella'' or ''Punta Lunella'') is permanently given to the 2,772 m mountain summit.[{{harvnb| Berutto, Fornelli|1980|p =155 | ref = agm}}.]
== Geography ==
[[File:Vetta_punta_Lunella.JPG|thumb|[Summit cross](/source/Summit_cross)]]
The mountain is located on the ridge dividing [Val Susa](/source/Val_Susa) (South) from [Val di Viù](/source/Lanzo_Valleys), and stands on the border between the [comune](/source/comune)s of [Viù](/source/Vi%C3%B9) and [Lemie](/source/Lemie) (both in the [Metropolitan City of Turin](/source/Metropolitan_City_of_Turin)). Toward SE a mountain pass named ''Colle della Forcola'' (2,480 m) divides Punta Lunella from [Rocca Maritano](/source/Rocca_Maritano), while the main ridge goes West heading to the [Rocciamelone](/source/Rocciamelone).
In the [SOIUSA](/source/SOIUSA) (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') subdivision of Alps the mountain, along with [Monte Arpone](/source/Monte_Arpone), gives its name to the Alpine subgroup ''Cresta Lunella-Arpone'' ([code](/source/SOIUSA_code) = I/B-7.I-A.2.b).[{{harvnb| Marazzi |2005 |p =134 | ref = priuli }}.]
==Access to the summit==
The easiest route for the summit is a footpath starting from the Prarotto chapel,[{{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 }}] a small isolated church in the [comune](/source/comune) of [Condove](/source/Condove) ([Susa Valley](/source/Susa_Valley)). A second route, slightly harder and which needs some [scrambling](/source/scrambling), starts from Pian Benot, a small sky resort in the [Viù Valley](/source/Valli_di_Lanzo).[{{harvnb| Ceragioli, Molino|2006 |pp = 39–42 | ref = iter}}.]
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
==Maps==
* Italian official cartography (''[Istituto Geografico Militare](/source/Istituto_Geografico_Militare)'' - IGM); on-line version: [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]
* [I.G.C.](/source/Istituto_Geografico_Centrale) (''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](/source/Club_Alpino_Italiano) / [TCI](/source/Touring_Club_Italiano) |location = Milano | series = [Guida dei Monti d'Italia](/source/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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