Monte Clapier

Monte Clapier/Mont Clapier
Elevation	3,045 m (9,990 ft)
Location
Monte Clapier/Mont Clapier Location of Monte Clapier in the Alps.
Location	Piedmont, Italy/Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
Range	Maritime Alps
Coordinates	44°06′58″N 7°25′09″E / 44.11611°N 7.41917°E / 44.11611; 7.41917Coordinates: 44°06′58″N 7°25′09″E / 44.11611°N 7.41917°E / 44.11611; 7.41917
Climbing
First ascent	Victor de Cessole

Monte Clapier (French: Mont Clapier) is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, on the boundary between the province of Cuneo (Piedmont, northern Italy) and the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. It is part of the Mercantour massif.

Monte Clapier is home to the southernmost glacier in the Alps, located on the Italian side at some 40 km from the sea. Geologically, the mountain is formed by granitoid gneiss, with outcrops of amphibolic agmatites (granitoid migmatites).

See also

• Col de Clapier
• Valle Gesso

Sources

• Villani, Nanni (April 2002). Monte Argentera, tre metri sotto i tremila e trecento, in Piemonte Parchi - speciale Cime Tempestose. Regione Piemonte.