Aiguilles Rouges
The Aiguilles Rouges are a crystalline mountainous massif of the French Prealps, opposite the Mont Blanc Massif. The colour of the iron-rich gneiss mountains gives the range its name.Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aiguille du Belvédère and Glacier de Bérard.
Aiguille du Belvédère
Peak
Photo: Aiguille, Public domain.
Aiguille du Belvédère is a mountain of Haute-Savoie, France. It is the highest peak in the Aiguilles Rouges range of the French Prealps and has an altitude of 2,965 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Argentière and Montroc.
Argentière
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Argentière is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m. Argentière is situated 4½ km east of Aiguilles Rouges.
Montroc
Hamlet
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montroc is a hamlet in eastern France, located in the territory of the commune of Chamonix. Several houses at Poses 150 m north-east of Montroc were destroyed on 9 February 1999 by a slab avalanche from Bec du Lachat and Mont Peclerey on the Mont Blanc massif, killing 12 people. Montroc is situated 5 km east of Aiguilles Rouges.
Les Praz
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les-Praz-de-Chamonix is a mountain village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix. Altitude: 1060 m. Les Praz is situated 6 km south of Aiguilles Rouges.
Aiguilles Rouges
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,965 metres
- Description: mountain massif in France
- Categories: alpine subsection and landform
- Location: Vallorcine, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Aiguilles Rouges” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Cebuano: “Aiguilles Rouges (tumoy sa bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Chinese: “红峰”
- Dutch: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Finnish: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- French: “aiguilles Rouges”
- French: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- German: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Italian: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Italian: “Catena delle Aiguilles Rouges”
- Ladin: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Polish: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Polish: “Masyw Aiguilles Rouges”
- Portuguese: “Agulhas Vermelhas”
- Portuguese: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Slovenian: “Aiguilles Rouges”
- Spanish: “Agujas Rojas”
- Swahili: “Mlima Aiguilles Rouges”
- Venetian: “Caena de łe Aiguilles Rouges”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aiguille du Lac Blanc and Aiguille Crochues.
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