Punta Clotesse, Mountain summit in Cottian Alps, France and Italy.

Punta Clotesse is a 2,872 m summit on the Italian-French border in the Chaberton group of the Cottian Alps. Its broad, uneven crest is bare broken rock in pale tan and brown, with a rounded highest point left of centre. Below the top, a steep face of grey and whitish scree and shattered stone is scored by darker gullies, especially on the left.

Punta Clotesse lies on the ridge that descends from Monte Chaberton and separates the Dora di Bardonecchia valley from the Vallée de la Clarée, a line that became the Franco-Italian border after the 1947 Treaty of Paris ceded the Chaberton sector from Italy to France. The summit is reached from the Italian side by the crest that drops to Monte Cotolivier.

The summit marks the border between Italy and France, standing on the ridge that descends from Monte Chaberton and separates the Dora di Bardonecchia valley from the Vallée de la Clarée. Its French name, Pointe de Cloutzau, is used on the French side. The Italian approach passes the Croce di San Giuseppe at 2,332 m and the Col des Desertes at 2,549 m, names that mark the route for walkers today.

The Italian route starts at Vazon, a hamlet of Oulx on the road up to Monte Cotolivier. From there a small road leads to Pourachet, then a path passes below the Croce di San Giuseppe (2,332 m) to the Col des Desertes (2,549 m); the summit is reached by its south ridge.

The summit marks the border: the Italian side drains toward the Dora di Bardonecchia, the French side toward the Vallée de la Clarée. The usual Italian route starts at Vazon in the commune of Oulx, passes below Monte Cotolivier, continues by track to Pourachet, then by path below the Croce di San Giuseppe (2,332 m) to the Col des Desertes (2,549 m) before gaining the south ridge.