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Piz Daint

Coordinates: 46°37′07.5″N 10°17′27.4″E / 46.618750°N 10.290944°E / 46.618750; 10.290944
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Piz Daint
View from near the Ofen Pass (north side)
Highest point
Elevation2,968 m (9,738 ft)
Prominence734 m (2,408 ft)[1]
Parent peakOrtler
ListingAlpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates46°37′07.5″N 10°17′27.4″E / 46.618750°N 10.290944°E / 46.618750; 10.290944
Geography
Piz Daint is located in Switzerland
Piz Daint
Piz Daint
Location in Switzerland
LocationGraubünden, Switzerland
Parent rangeOrtler Alps

Piz Daint (Romansh: [pits ˈdajnt]) is a mountain of the Swiss Ortler Alps, overlooking the Ofen Pass in the canton of Graubünden. The closest locality is Tschierv on the north side.

Name

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The name was originally spelled Piz d'Aint, which is Romansh for "inner peak". The name is relative to the peak to the east called Piz d'Ora, meaning "outer peak". It corresponds to the local naming convention.

The name was officially changed to Piz Daint towards the end of the 20th century.

Other uses

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Piz Daint is the namesake of the CSCS supercomputer announced in 2013.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Döss Radond (2,234 m).
  2. ^ "With "Piz Daint" CSCS enters the path towards petaflop computing - Cscs". www.cscs.ch. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14.
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