Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement of Bonneville
Chamonix

Aiguille Verte

The Aiguille Verte, which is French for "Green Needle", is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the . It was first climbed on 29 June 1865 by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer and Franz Biner, a fortnight before the fateful first ascent of the .
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,122 metres
  • Description: mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps
  • Also known as: “Green Needle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grande Rocheuse and Verte Glacier.

Peak
Photo: Ximonic, CC BY 2.5.
is a summit on the east ridge of Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc massif in , .

Glacier
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Peak
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The is a summit on the east ridge of Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc massif in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Col du Chardonnet and Argentière.

Locality
Photo: Panoraman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality.

Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the , part of the commune of , at an altitude of 1,252 m.

Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les-Praz-de-Chamonix is a mountain village in the , part of the commune of . Altitude: 1060 m.

Aiguille Verte

Latitude
45.93473° or 45° 56′ 5″ north
Longitude
6.97006° or 6° 58′ 12″ east
Elevation
4,122 metres (13,524 feet)
Open location code
8FQ8WXMC+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26862462
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2969640
Wiki­data ID
Q30466
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Aiguille Verte” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Bulgarian: “Егюий Верт”
  • Catalan: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Cebuano: “Aiguille Verte (tumoy sa bukid sa Pransiya, lat 45,94, long 6,97)”
  • Cebuano: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Chinese: “韦尔特山”
  • Czech: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Dutch: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ايجويل ڤيرت”
  • Esperanto: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Estonian: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Finnish: “Aiguille Verte”
  • French: “aiguille Verte”
  • French: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Georgian: “ეგიუი-ვერტე”
  • Georgian: “ეგიუი-ვერტი”
  • German: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Italian: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Japanese: “エギーユ・ヴェルト”
  • Ladin: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Norwegian: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aiguille Verte”
  • Persian: “اگوی ورت”
  • Polish: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Portuguese: “Agulha Verde”
  • Portuguese: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Russian: “Эгюий-Верт”
  • Spanish: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Venetian: “Aiguille Verte”
  • Vietnamese: “Aiguille Verte”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Couloir Whymper and Couloir Armand Charlet.

Notable Places Nearby

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