Mont Vélan
Mont Vélan is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. At 3,727 metres, Mont Vélan is the highest summit lying between the Great St Bernard Pass and Grand Combin.Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,725 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Mont Velan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont de la Gouille and Petit Vélan.
Mont de la Gouille
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
Mont de la Gouille is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the canton of Valais. It belong to the Mont Vélan massif.
Petit Vélan
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Petit Vélan is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the canton of Valais. It lies NW of Mont Vélan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourg-Saint-Pierre and Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses.
Bourg-Saint-Pierre
Village
Photo: ChristiaanPR, CC0.
Bourg-Saint-Pierre is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bourg-Saint-Pierre is the highest inhabited locality of the valley and the last village when ascending the Great Saint Bernard Pass.
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
Village
Photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses is a comune in the Aosta Valley region of Italy. Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses is situated 9 km southwest of Mont Vélan.
Castello di Bosses
Locality
Photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castello di Bosses is a locality, which is situated 9 km southwest of Mont Vélan.
Mont Vélan
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.89194° or 45° 53′ 31″ northLongitude
7.25147° or 7° 15′ 5″ eastElevation
3,725 metres (12,221 feet)Open location code
8FQ9V7R2+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 26863749OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mont Vélan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mont Vélan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونت فيلان”
- Catalan: “Mont Vélan”
- Catalan: “Monte Vélan”
- Cebuano: “Mont Vélan”
- Chinese: “韋蘭山”
- Czech: “Mont Vélan”
- Dutch: “Mont Velan”
- Dutch: “Mont Vélan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت فيلان”
- French: “mont Vélan”
- French: “Mont Vélan”
- Georgian: “მონ-ველანი”
- German: “Mont Velan”
- German: “Mont Vélan”
- Italian: “Monte Velan”
- Italian: “Monte Velàn”
- Italian: “Monte Vélan”
- Korean: “몽벨랑”
- Ladin: “Mont Vélan”
- Lombard: “Vélan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mont Vélan”
- Persian: “کوه ویلان”
- Polish: “Mont Velàn”
- Portuguese: “Monte Vélan”
- Slovenian: “Mont Vélan”
- Spanish: “Mont Velan”
- Spanish: “Mont Vélan”
- Swedish: “Mont Vélan”
- Venetian: “Monte Vélan”
- Western Panjabi: “مونٹ ویلن”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Plan-Bago and Cabane du Vélan CAS.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Corni del Velan and Tête de Riondet.
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