Mount Marzo (, Carte technique régionale, Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste: Géonavigateur.) is a tall mountain of the Graian Alps in northern Italy. Its summit lies on the boundary between the municipalities of Valprato Soana and Valchiusa in Piedmont, and Champorcher, in the Aosta Valley, Italy.
Description Rosa dei Banchi () rises on the watershed between the Soana Valley and the Chiusella Valley, in Piedmont, and the Champorcher Valley, in the Aosta Valley. The Chiusella river, which flows through the Chiusella Valley, has its source on the slopes of the mountain.
The summit coincides with the Italian Military Geographic Institute geodetic triangulation point known as Monte Marzo (code 042072). A metal summit cross, erected to commemorate the Holy Year of 1933, stands at the mountain's peak.
SOIUSA classification According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way: main part = Western Alps major sector = North Western Alps section = Graian Alps subsection = Alpi del Gran Paradiso supergroup = Gruppo della Rosa dei Banchi group = Costiera del Monte Marzo
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