The Chablais Alps (French: Massif du Chablais, pronounced [masif dy ʃablɛ]) are a mountain range in the Western Alps. They are situated between Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc Massif.[1] The Col des Montets separates them from the Mont Blanc Massif in the south, and the Rhône valley separates them from the Bernese Alps in the east.
Chablais Alps | |
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French: Préalpes franco-suisses | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Dents du Midi (Haute Cime) |
Elevation | 3,257 m (10,686 ft) |
Coordinates | 46°9′45″N 6°55′25″E / 46.16250°N 6.92361°E |
Geography | |
Location of the main peaks | |
Countries | Switzerland and France |
Departments | Valais and Haute Savoie |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | Bernese Alps and Mont Blanc Massif |
The Chablais Alps are composed of two distinct parts separated by the Val d'Illiez: the Dents du Midi massif on the south which contains the highest peaks, and the alpine foothills on the north.
Peaks
editThe peaks of the Chablais Alps include:
Peak | Elevation (m/ft) | |
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Dents du Midi (Haute Cime) | 3,257 | 10,686 |
Tour Sallière | 3,220 | 10,564 |
Mont Ruan | 3,053 | 10,016 |
Le Cheval Blanc | 2,831 | 9,288 |
Le Luisin | 2,786 | 9,140 |
Dents Blanches | 2,759 | 9,052 |
Pointe d'Anterne | 2,733 | 8,967 |
Fontanabran | 2,703 | 8,868 |
Hauts-Forts | 2,466 | 8,091 |
Cornettes de Bise | 2,432 | 7,979 |
Dent d'Oche | 2,221 | 7,287 |
Les Jumelles | 2,215 | 7,267 |
Le Grammont | 2,172 | 7,126 |
Pointe de l'Au | 2,152 | 7,060 |
Dent du Vélan | 2,059 | 6,755 |
Pointe de Bellevue | 2,042 | 6,699 |
Pointe de Nyon | 2,019 | 6,624 |
Pointe de Chavasse | 2,012 | 6,601 |
Pointe d'Uble | 1,963 | 6,440 |
Mont Billiat | 1,894 | 6,214 |
Pointe d'Ireuse | 1,890 | 6,200 |
Mont Ouzon | 1,880 | 6,170 |
Le Môle | 1,863 | 6,112 |
Grenier de Commune | 1,775 | 5,823 |
Montagne des Mémises | 1,674 | 5,492 |
Pointe de Miribel | 1,581 | 5,187 |
Pointe des Brasses | 1,502 | 4,928 |
Mont Bichet (Les Trables, previously La Crêche) | 1,360 | 4,460 |
Mont Orchez | 1,347 | 4,419 |
Mont de Boisy | 739 | 2,425 |
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The Rhône valley on the right and the east part of the Chablais Alps on the left from across Lake Geneva
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Summits of the Dents du Midi
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Above Champéry
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Tour Sallière
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Chaîne franco-suisse, Club Alpin Suisse CAS, 2003, ISBN -978-3-85902-209-6