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Dent du Géant

The Dent du Géant is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in and . The Dent du Géant remained unclimbed during the golden age of alpinism, and was a much-coveted peak in the 1870s, repelling many parties who attempted it mostly from the Rochefort ridge.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,013 metres
  • Description: mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in the Alps
  • Also known as: “Dent du Geant” and “Dent du Géant / Pointe Graham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aiguille de Rochefort and Dôme de Rochefort.

Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
The is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in and . The peak lies on the Rochefort arête between the Dent du Géant and the and is usually climbed during a traverse of the ridge.

Peak
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in , and of , .

Peak
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in , . It lies on a spur running northwards from the French-Italian frontier ridge, and can be most easily reached from the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Entrèves and Bivacco di Fréboudze.

Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a frazione of in the region of .

Locality
Photo: Elena Tartaglione, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality.

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a skiing and mountaineering resort at the head of , in northwest Italy. At 1224 m elevation, it has a spectacular location near the foot of Mont Blanc.

Dent du Géant

Latitude
45.8619° or 45° 51′ 43″ north
Longitude
6.9519° or 6° 57′ 7″ east
Elevation
4,013 metres (13,166 feet)
Open location code
8FQ8VX62+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7164832145
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3016446
Wiki­data ID
Q30541
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Dent du Géant” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Dent du Géant”
  • Cebuano: “Dent du Géant”
  • Chinese: “巨人齒峰”
  • Czech: “Dent du Géant”
  • Danish: “Dent du Géant”
  • Dutch: “Dent du Geant”
  • Dutch: “Dent du Géant”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دينت دو جيانت”
  • Finnish: “Dent du Géant”
  • French: “aiguille du Géant”
  • French: “dent du Géant”
  • French: “Dent du Géant”
  • German: “Dent du Géant”
  • Italian: “Dente del Gigante”
  • Japanese: “ダン・デュ・ジュアン”
  • Ladin: “Dent du Géant”
  • Lombard: “Dent del Gigant”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dent du Géant”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dent du Géant”
  • Persian: “دنت دو گانت”
  • Polish: “Dente del Gigante”
  • Portuguese: “Dent du Géant”
  • Portuguese: “Dente do Gigante”
  • Slovenian: “Dent du Géant”
  • Spanish: “Dente del Gigante”
  • Swahili: “Dent du Géant”
  • Swedish: “Dent du Géant”
  • Venetian: “Dente del Gigante”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pointe Sella and Géant Rochefort.

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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 “Dent du Géant”. Photo: aiace, CC BY 2.0.