Glacier de la Grande-Motte
Glacier de la Grande-Motte is a glacier in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 2,951 metres. Glacier de la Grande-Motte is situated nearby to the hamlet Val Claret, as well as near the locality Tignes le Lac.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Grande Motte and Grande Motte.
Grande Motte
Peak
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Grande Motte is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,653 metres above sea level. One side of it is in the Tignes ski area. There is a cable car up to 3453 m.
Grande Motte
Aerial lift
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Téléphériques de la Grande Motte is an aerial tramway in the French ski-resort Espace Killy. The tramway climbs the mountain peak with the same name in Tignes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tignes and Val-d’Isère.
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.
Val-d’Isère
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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.
Glacier de la Grande-Motte
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,951 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Portuguese—“Glacier de la Grande-Motte” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glacera de la Grande Motte”
- Cebuano: “Glacier de la Grande Motte”
- Chinese: “格朗德莫特冰川”
- French: “glacier de la Grande-Motte”
- French: “Glacier de la Grande-Motte”
- French: “glaciers de la Grande-Motte”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar da Grande Motte”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Val Claret and Tignes le Lac.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dôme de Pramecou and Pointe de Pramecou.
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