Glacier Noir
The Glacier Noir is a glacier in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. It is located in the département of Hautes-Alpes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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 Pré de Madame Carle and Ailefroide.
Glacier Noir
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,435 metres
- Description: glacier in France
- Category: landform
- Location: Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.91662° or 44° 54′ 60″ northLongitude
6.38099° or 6° 22′ 52″ eastElevation
2,435 metres (7,989 feet)Open location code
8FP8W98J+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1238837430OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Glacier Noir” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glacera Noir”
- Cebuano: “Glacier Noir”
- Dutch: “Glacier Noir”
- Esperanto: “Glaĉero Nigra”
- French: “glacier Noir”
- French: “Glacier Noir”
- German: “Glacier Noir”
- Italian: “Glacier Noir”
- Polish: “Glacier Noir”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Noir”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Negro”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Balme de François Blanc and Ancien glacier Jean Gauthier.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glacier des Barres and Bosse Coolidge.
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