Mont-Cenis Lake

Mont-Cenis Lake is a lake located in the Mont-Cenis massif at an altitude of 1,974 meters in the municipality of in France. It is situated at the top of the Cenise valley, on the Italian side of the Mont-Cenis pass, the most frequented passage on the Lyon-Turin-Milan axis during the Middle Ages between Western Europe and the Italian peninsula.
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  • Reservoir
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,929 metres (6,329 feet)
  • Description: lake in Savoie, France
  • Also known as
    “Lago del Moncenísio”
    “Moncenisio Lake”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Forte Varisello and Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption dite la Pyramide de Mont-Cenis.
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is a castle.
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is a church.
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand-Croix and Moncenisio.
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is a hamlet.
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is the smallest comune in the Metropolitan…
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is a former commune in the …

Mont-Cenis Lake

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Latitude
45.23764° or 45° 14′ 16″ north
Longitude
6.93249° or 6° 55′ 57″ east
Open location code
8FQ86WQJ+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 14345119
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
2992850
Wiki­data ID
Q1336068

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Mont-Cenis Lake” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “llac del Mont Cenis”
  • Catalan: “Llac del Mont Cenis”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Mont Cenis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره مونت سينيس”
  • French: “Lac du Mont Cenis”
  • French: “lac du Mont-Cenis”
  • French: “Lac du Mont-Cenis”
  • German: “Lac du Mont Cenis”
  • Italian: “Diga del Moncenisio”
  • Italian: “Lago del Moncenisio”
  • Piemontese: “Lagh dël Monsnis”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Mont-Cenis”
  • Polish: “Mont-Cenis”
  • Venetian: “lago del Moncenisio”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Plan des Fontainettes and Plan de la Madeleine.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Centro 16 and Lac du Mont Cenis.

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