Roche Faurio
Roche Faurio is a mountain in the French Alps with a peak elevation of 3,730 metres. It is part of the Massif des Écrins in the Dauphiné Alps in Isère, France It lies in front of the north face of the Barre des Écrins adjacent to the Glacier Blanc.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,730 metres
- Description: mountain in the Écrins Massif
- Also known as: “La Roche Faurio” and “Sommet de Roche Laurio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Écrins National Park and Barre des Écrins.
Écrins National Park
Photo: Nunoalves87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Écrins National Park is a French national park in the departments of Hautes-Alpes and Isère. The park is the Ecrins mountain range, which is in the French Alps bordered to the south by the Durance valley, to the north by the Romanche valley, and to the west by the Drac and Buech valleys.
Barre des Écrins
Peak
The Barre des Écrins is a mountain in the French Alps with a peak elevation of 4,102 metres. It is the highest peak of the Massif des Écrins and the Dauphiné Alps and the most southerly alpine peak in Europe that is higher than 4,000 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Bérarde and Pré de Madame Carle.
Ailefroide
Hamlet
Photo: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ailefroide is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km southeast of Roche Faurio.
Roche Faurio
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Villar-d’Arêne, Arrondissement of Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.94182° or 44° 56′ 31″ northLongitude
6.35744° or 6° 21′ 27″ eastElevation
3,730 metres (12,238 feet)Open location code
8FP8W9R4+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 11646994034OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Roche Faurio” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “La Roche Faurio”
- Chinese: “福里奧峰”
- Dutch: “Roche Faurio”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل روتش فاوريو”
- French: “La Roche Faurio”
- French: “roche Faurio”
- French: “Roche Faurio”
- Italian: “Roche Faurio”
- Ladin: “Roche Faurio”
- Polish: “Roche Faurio”
- Venetian: “Roche Faurio”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Balme de François Blanc and Les Sources de la Romanche.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brèche de Tombe Murée and Pointe Xavier Blanc.
Hautes-Alpes: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Briançon, Risoul, Veynes, and Écrins National Park.
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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 “Roche Faurio”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.