Col des Montets
Col des Montets is a mountain pass in the French Alps in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It is on the road between Chamonix, the Swiss Col de la Forclaz and Martigny in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Buet station and Aiguille de Praz Torent.
Le Buet station
Railway station
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Buet station is a railway station in the commune of Vallorcine, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montroc and Le Tour.
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.
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.
Col des Montets
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,472 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.00391° or 46° 0′ 14″ northLongitude
6.92363° or 6° 55′ 25″ eastElevation
1,472 metres (4,829 feet)Open location code
8FR82W3F+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2938529479OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Col des Montets” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Col des Montets”
- Chinese: “蒙泰山口”
- Danish: “Col des Montets”
- Dutch: “Col des Montets”
- French: “col des Montets”
- French: “Col des Montets”
- French: “Montets, Col des”
- German: “Col des Montets”
- Italian: “Colle des Montets”
- Polish: “Col des Montets”
- Portuguese: “Passo dos Montets”
- Slovenian: “col des Montets”
- Slovenian: “Col des Montets”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tré-le-Champ - le Haut and Tré-le-Champ - le Bas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chalet de la Réserve Naturelle des Aiguilles Rouges and Blocs du Col des Montets.
Haute-Savoie: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Annecy, Annemasse, Evian, and Megève.
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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 “Col des Montets”. Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.