Aiguille de la Grande Sassière
Aiguille de la Grande Sassière is a mountain in the Graian Alps, on the boundary between the Aosta Valley and the French department of Savoie. On the Italian side, it marks the end of the Valgrisenche; on the French side it commands the Val d'Isère.Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,751 metres
- Description: mountain in Italy
- Also known as: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassiere”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Central Graian Alps and Col de la Petite Sassière.
Col de la Petite Sassière
Mountain saddle
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Col de la Petite Sassière is a mountain saddle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Val-d’Isère and Le Monal.
Val-d’Isère
Photo: Jerome Bon, CC BY 2.0.
Val-d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in southeastern France. It lies 5 km from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963, with good transport links in and out of Lyon, Geneva and Chambéry.
Le Monal
Hamlet
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Le Monal is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km northwest of Aiguille de la Grande Sassière.
Tignes
Tignes is a famous resort in the French Alps linked to Val D'Isere. Tignes is a winter resort for skiing, and a summer one for hiking, mountain biking, and summer skiing on the glacier.
Aiguille de la Grande Sassière
- Categories: mountain, peak, and landform
- Location: Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, Arrondissement of Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Aiguille de la Grande Sassière” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Cebuano: “Grande Sassiere”
- Chinese: “大薩西耶爾峰”
- Czech: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassiere”
- Czech: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Dutch: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassiere”
- Dutch: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ايجويل د لا جراند ساسير”
- French: “aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- French: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- German: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Italian: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Ladin: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Polish: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Slovenian: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
- Venetian: “Aiguille de la Grande Sassière”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glacier de la Sassière and Rocher de la Davie.
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