Creux du Van
The Creux du Van is a natural rocky cirque approximately 1,400 metres wide and 150 metres deep, on the north side of Le Soliat, in the Val de Travers district in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Soliat and Noiraigue railway station.
Le Soliat
Peak
Photo: Vodimivado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Soliat is a mountain of the Jura, overlooking Lake Neuchâtel in western Switzerland. The main summit is located within the canton of Neuchâtel. A secondary summit is located within the canton of Vaud.
Noiraigue railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Noiraigue railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Val-de-Travers, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Pontarlier line of Swiss Federal Railways. Noiraigue railway station is situated 2½ km north of Creux du Van.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Noiraigue and Brot-Dessous.
Noiraigue
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Noiraigue or Noiraigue-Les Œillons was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers. Noiraigue is situated 2½ km north of Creux du Van.
Brot-Dessous
Village
Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brot-Dessous is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 it was absorbed into Rochefort. Brot-Dessous is situated 3 km northeast of Creux du Van.
Travers
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Travers was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers. Travers is situated 3½ km west of Creux du Van.
Creux du Van
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and tourism
- Location: La Grande Béroche, Boudry District, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.93202° or 46° 55′ 55″ northLongitude
6.72301° or 6° 43′ 23″ eastElevation
1,232 metres (4,042 feet)Open location code
8FR8WPJF+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1478273051OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Tosk Albanian—“Creux du Van” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Creux-du-Van”
- Cebuano: “Creux du Van”
- Chinese: “馬蹄谷”
- Czech: “Creux du Van”
- Danish: “Creux du Van”
- Dutch: “Creux du Van”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كريوكس دو ڤان”
- French: “Creux du Van”
- French: “Creux-du-Van”
- Georgian: “კრე-დიუ-ვანი”
- German: “Creux du Van”
- Japanese: “クリュ＝デュ＝ヴァン”
- Ladin: “Creux du Van”
- Macedonian: “Кре ди Ван”
- Polish: “Creux du Van”
- Russian: “Кре-дю-Ван”
- Swedish: “Creux du Van”
- Swiss German: “Creux du Van”
- Thai: “เครอดูว์ว็อง”
- Tosk Albanian: “Creux du Van”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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