Piz Minschuns

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Piz Minschuns
Schafberg
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Piz Minschuns
Location in the Alps
Highest point
Elevation 2,934 m (9,626 ft)
Prominence 193 m (633 ft) [1]
Parent peak Ortler
Coordinates 46°34′52″N10°29′00″E / 46.58111°N 10.48333°E / 46.58111; 10.48333 Coordinates: 46°34′52″N10°29′00″E / 46.58111°N 10.48333°E / 46.58111; 10.48333
Geography
Location Graubünden, Switzerland / South Tyrol, Italy
Parent range Ortler Alps

Piz Minschuns (Romansh) or Schafberg (German) is a mountain in the Fallaschkamm mountains, a subgroup of the Ortler Alps, more precisely on the eastern edge of the Val Costainas, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland.

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