Massif des Écrins
Massif des Écrins are a massif in the French Alps. They form the core of Écrins National Park in Hautes-Alpes and Isère.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,269 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Massif des Ecrins”, “Massif du Pelvoux”, and “Massif du Pelvovs”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Écrins National Park and Barre des Écrins.
Écrins National Park
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Écrins National Park is a French national park in the departments of Hautes-Alpes and Isère. The park is the Ecrins mountain range, which is in the French Alps bordered to the south by the Durance valley, to the north by the Romanche valley, and to the west by the Drac and Buech valleys.
Barre des Écrins
Peak
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The Barre des Écrins is a mountain in the French Alps with a peak elevation of 4,102 metres. It is the highest peak of the Massif des Écrins and the Dauphiné Alps and the most southerly alpine peak in Europe that is higher than 4,000 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Bérarde and Pré de Madame Carle.
La Bérarde
Hamlet
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La Bérarde is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Massif des Écrins.
Pré de Madame Carle
Locality
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Pré de Madame Carle is a locality, which is situated 7 km east of Massif des Écrins.
Ailefroide
Hamlet
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Ailefroide is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Massif des Écrins.
Massif des Écrins
- Categories: alpine subsection and landform
- Location: Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Massif des Écrins” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Զանգվածային դեպքեր”
- Basque: “Massif des Écrins”
- Bulgarian: “Екрен (масив)”
- Bulgarian: “Екрен”
- Catalan: “Massís dels Escrinhs”
- Cebuano: “Massif du Pelvoux”
- Chinese: “埃克蘭山”
- Danish: “Massif des Écrins”
- Dutch: “Ecrinsmassief”
- Dutch: “Écrinsmassief”
- Dutch: “Pelvouxmassief”
- French: “massif des Écrins”
- French: “Massif des Écrins”
- French: “massif du Pelvoux”
- German: “Écrins-Massiv”
- German: “Écrins”
- German: “Massif des Écrins”
- German: “Pelvoux”
- Greek: “Οροσειρά των Εκρέν”
- Hungarian: “Écrins-hegység”
- Indonesian: “Massif des Écrins”
- Italian: “Massiccio degli Écrins”
- Japanese: “エクラン山壁”
- Japanese: “マシフ・デ・ゼクラン”
- Korean: “마시프 데 제크랭”
- Korean: “에크랭산맥”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Massif des Écrins”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Massif du Pelvoux”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Massif des Écrins”
- Norwegian: “Massif des Écrins”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Massís dels Escrinhs”
- Polish: “Écrins”
- Portuguese: “Maciço des Écrins”
- Portuguese: “Maciço dos Écrins”
- Russian: “Экрен”
- Slovak: “Massif des Écrins”
- Slovenian: “Massif des Écrins”
- Spanish: “Macizo des Ecrins”
- Spanish: “Macizo des Écrins”
- Venetian: “Masìcio del Pelvoux”
- “nena ma Eken”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Étages and Le Clot.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Le Fifre and Glacier de Bonne Pierre.
Isère: Must-Visit Destinations
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