Col de la Croix de Fer
Col de la Croix de Fer is a high mountain pass in the French Alps linking Le Bourg-d'Oisans and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Croix du col de la Croix de Fer and Lac du Laitelet.
Croix du col de la Croix de Fer
Wayside cross
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Croix du col de la Croix de Fer is a wayside cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Corbier and La Toussuire.
Le Corbier
Hamlet
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Le Corbier is a ski resort located in the commune of Villarembert, in the Savoie department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The resort is in the Les Sybelles region of the French Alps, it is the fourth largest ski area in France with 310 kilometres linked by lifts and pistes.
La Toussuire
Col de la Croix de Fer
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,067 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves, Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.22749° or 45° 13′ 39″ northLongitude
6.20333° or 6° 12′ 12″ eastElevation
2,067 metres (6,781 feet)Open location code
8FQ866G3+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 82606041OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Thai—“Col de la Croix de Fer” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Col de la Croix de Fer”
- Catalan: “coll de la Croix de Fer”
- Catalan: “Coll de la Croix de Fer”
- Cebuano: “Col de la Croix-de-Fer”
- Czech: “Col de la Croix-de-Fer”
- Danish: “Col de la Croix-de-Fer”
- Dutch: “Col de la Croix-de-Fer”
- French: “col de la Croix-de-Fer”
- French: “Col de la Croix-de-Fer”
- German: “Col de la Croix de Fer”
- Italian: “Col de la Croix-de-Fer”
- Japanese: “クロワ・ド・フェール峠”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Col de la Croix-de-Fer”
- Polish: “Col de la Croix de Fer”
- Portuguese: “Passo da Croix-de-Fer”
- Portuguese: “Passo da Cruz de Ferro”
- Spanish: “Col de la Croix de Fer”
- Swedish: “Col de la Croix de Fer”
- Thai: “ช่องเขาครัว-เดอ-แฟร์”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crête des Chasures and Lac Guichard.
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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 de la Croix de Fer”. Photo: AlbertoBetulla, CC BY-SA 3.0.