Dent du Vélan
The Dent du Vélan is a peak in the Chablais Alps, located north of the Cornettes de Bise. At 2,059 metres above sea level, its summit straddles the border between Switzerland and France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,059 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Dent du Lan” and “Dent du Velan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cornettes de Bise and Lac de Lovenex.
Cornettes de Bise
Peak
Photo: JJRoland, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Cornettes de Bise is a mountain in the Chablais Alps, overlooking Lake Geneva. At 2,432 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the subrange running from Pas de Morgins to Lake Geneva.
Lac de Lovenex
Lake
Photo: copetan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lac de Lovenex is a lake in the municipality of St-Gingolph, Valais, Switzerland. It is located an elevation of 1632 m below Mont Gardy. The lake's surface area is 4.7 hectares.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Novel and Taney.
Novel
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Novel is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Taney
Hamlet
Tanay, also spelled "Taney", is a hamlet located in the municipality of Vouvry, in Switzerland.
Saint-Gingolph
Village
Photo: Joelgrandcollot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Gingolph is a small town situated on the south bank of Lake Geneva. It sits at the France–Switzerland border and is administratively divided into Saint-Gingolph, Valais and Saint-Gingolph, Haute-Savoie.
Dent du Vélan
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.34711° or 46° 20′ 50″ northLongitude
6.77516° or 6° 46′ 31″ eastElevation
2,059 metres (6,755 feet)Open location code
8FR88QWG+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 595398049OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Dent du Vélan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دينت دو فيلان”
- Cebuano: “Dent du Lan”
- Dutch: “Dent du Vélan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دينت دو فيلان”
- French: “dent du Lan”
- French: “Dent du Lan”
- French: “dent du Vélan”
- German: “Dent du Lan”
- German: “Dent du Vélan”
- Ladin: “Dent du Vélan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dent du Vélan”
- Persian: “دنت دو ولان”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chalets de Neuteu and Les Chalets de Lovenex.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marais d’Ugeon and Col d’Ugeon.
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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 “Dent du Vélan”. Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.