Grand Combin
The Grand Combin is a mountain massif in the western Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais. At a height of 4,309 metres the summit of Combin de Grafeneire is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and the second most prominent of the Pennine Alps.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,313 metres
- Description: mountain massif in the western Pennine Alps
- Also known as: “Combin de Grafeneire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aiguille du Croissant and Combin de Valsorey.
Aiguille du Croissant
Peak
Photo: ZachT, Public domain.
The Aiguille du Croissant is a minor summit in the Grand Combin massif in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland. Because of its small prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders. The name refers to the crescent shaped summit.
Combin de Valsorey
Peak
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Combin de Valsorey is the second highest summit in the Grand Combin massif.
Combin de la Tsessette
Peak
Photo: Sideshowbob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Combin de la Tsessette is the third highest summit in the Grand Combin massif, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies east of the Grand Combin summit and overlooks the Lac de Mauvoisin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourg-Saint-Pierre.
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.
Grand Combin
- Categories: massif, mountain, and landform
- Location: Val de Bagnes, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.93758° or 45° 56′ 15″ northLongitude
7.29922° or 7° 17′ 57″ eastElevation
4,313 metres (14,150 feet)Open location code
8FQ9W7QX+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 26863013OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Grand Combin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غران كومبان”
- Azerbaijani: “Qran-Komben”
- Basque: “Grand Combin”
- Belarusian: “Гран-Камбен”
- Bulgarian: “Гран Комбен”
- Catalan: “Grand Combin de Grafeneire”
- Cebuano: “Grand Combin”
- Chinese: “大孔班山”
- Czech: “Grand Combin”
- Dutch: “Grand Combin”
- Esperanto: “Grand Combin”
- Estonian: “Grand Combin”
- Finnish: “Grand Combin”
- French: “Grand Combin”
- Georgian: “გრან-კომბენი”
- German: “Grand Combin”
- Hebrew: “גראן קומבן”
- Italian: “Grand Combin”
- Japanese: “グラン・コンバン”
- Korean: “그랑콩뱅”
- Ladin: “Grand Combin”
- Mingrelian: “გრან-კომბენი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grand Combin”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Combin”
- Persian: “گران کومبن”
- Polish: “Grand Combin”
- Portuguese: “Grand Combin”
- Russian: “Гран-Комбен”
- Spanish: “Grand Combin”
- Swahili: “Grand Combin”
- Swedish: “Grand Combin”
- Ukrainian: “Гран-Комбен”
- Ukrainian: “Гран-Комбін”
- Western Panjabi: “گرینڈ کومبن”
- “nena ma Konpin suli”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mur de la Côte and Cabane du Valsorey CAS.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glacier du Croissant and Col du Sonadon.
Valais: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Sion, Zermatt, Martigny, and Brig.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grand Combin”. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.