Savoie
Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Valloire

Col du Galibier

The Col du Galibier is a mountain pass in the southern region of the near . It is the eighth highest paved road in the Alps, and recurrently the highest point of the Tour de France.
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Photo: Stephan Brunker, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monument Henri-Desgrange and Grand Galibier.

Memorial
Photo: MOSSOT, CC BY 3.0.
is a memorial.

Peak
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is a mountain of the in , France. It is the highest mountain of the Massif des Cerces, a small chain of mountains located about 20 km northwest of , deep in the heart of the .

Park
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The Lautaret Alpine Garden is an alpine botanical garden located at 2100 metres altitude in the of the , near , , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Col du Lautaret and Le Pied du Col.

Hamlet
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is a high mountain pass in the department of in . It marks the boundary between the valleys of the Romanche and the Guisane, a tributary of the which has its source at the col.

Hamlet
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
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Villar-d'Arêne is a commune in the department in southeastern , between and . It is in the , in .

Col du Galibier

Latitude
45.06414° or 45° 3′ 51″ north
Longitude
6.40786° or 6° 24′ 28″ east
Elevation
2,599 metres (8,527 feet)
Open location code
8FQ83C75+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5541498001
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
3016761
Wiki­data ID
Q732143
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Welsh—“Col du Galibier” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Col du Galibier”
  • Basque: “Col du Galibier”
  • Breton: “Ode ar Galibier”
  • Catalan: “Col du Galibier”
  • Catalan: “coll del Galibier”
  • Catalan: “Coll del Galibier”
  • Catalan: “Galibier”
  • Cebuano: “Col du Galibier”
  • Czech: “Col du Galibier”
  • Danish: “Col du Galibier”
  • Dutch: “Col du Galibier”
  • Dutch: “Galibier”
  • Dutch: “Galibierpas”
  • Finnish: “Col du Galibier”
  • French: “col du Galibier”
  • French: “Col du Galibier”
  • German: “Col du Galibier”
  • German: “Galibier”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר גאליבייה”
  • Hebrew: “קול דו גאליבייה”
  • Hungarian: “Col du Galibier”
  • Italian: “Col du Galibier”
  • Italian: “Colle del Galibier”
  • Japanese: “ガリビエ峠”
  • Latvian: “Galibjē pāreja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Col du Galibier”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Col du Galibier”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galibier-pass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galibier-passet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galibierpass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galibierpasset”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Col du Galibier”
  • Norwegian: “Col du Galibier”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Còl de Galibier”
  • Polish: “Col du Galibier”
  • Polish: “Galibier”
  • Polish: “Przełęcz Galibier”
  • Portuguese: “Col du Galibier”
  • Portuguese: “Colo do Galibier”
  • Portuguese: “Passo do Galibier”
  • Russian: “Галибье”
  • Slovenian: “Col du Galibier”
  • Spanish: “Col del Galibier”
  • Spanish: “Col du Galibier”
  • Spanish: “Galibier”
  • Spanish: “Puerto del Galibier”
  • Swedish: “Col du Galibier”
  • Welsh: “Col du Galibier”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Refuge du Galibier and Plan du Galibier.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Le Petit Galibier and Fontaine Lombarde.

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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 du Galibier”. Photo: Stephan Brunker, CC BY-SA 3.0.