Punta Maquignaz Punta Maquignaz, also known in French as Pointe Maquignaz, is a 3,801-meter (12,470-foot) alpine summit on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It rises along the dramatic east ridge of Dent d’Hérens in the Pennine Alps, only a few kilometers west of the Matterhorn. Rather than being an isolated mountain, Punta Maquignaz forms …
