Piz Bernina (4,049 m) is the highest mountain of the Eastern Alps and the highest point of the Bernina Range the highest peak in south Rhetic Alps.^[2] It is also the farthest easterly mountain higher than 4,000 m in the Alps, the highest point of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, and the fifth-most prominent peak in the Alps. Piz Bernina is located near St. Moritz, one of the best known resorts in theSwiss Alps.

The mountain takes its name from the Bernina Pass and was given in 1850 byJohann Coaz, who also made the first ascent.^[3] The prefix Piz comes from theRomansch language predominant in Graubunden and any mountain with that name       immediately points to its location in South-Eastern Switzerland.