Grandes Jorasses
The Grandes Jorasses is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy. The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain was by Horace Walker with guides Melchior Anderegg, Johann Jaun and Julien Grange on 30 June 1868.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Pointe Walker and Punta Whymper.
Pointe Walker
Peak
Photo: Stefano Canziani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grandes Jorasses is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy. The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain was by Horace Walker with guides Melchior Anderegg, Johann Jaun and Julien Grange on 30 June 1868.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bivacco di Fréboudze and Entrèves.
Bivacco di Fréboudze
Locality
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Bivacco di Fréboudze is a locality, which is situated 3 km east of Grandes Jorasses.
Entrèves
Hamlet
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Entrèves is a frazione of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley region of Italy. Entrèves is situated 6 km south of Grandes Jorasses.
Courmayeur
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Courmayeur is a skiing and mountaineering resort at the head of Valle d’Aosta, in northwest Italy. At 1224 m elevation, it has a spectacular location near the foot of Mont Blanc.
Grandes Jorasses
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 4,208 metres
- Description: mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Aosta Valley, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Grandes Jorasses” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գրանդ Ժորաս”
- Azerbaijani: “Qrand-Joras dağı”
- Basque: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Bulgarian: “Гранд Жорас”
- Catalan: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Cebuano: “Les Grandes Jorasses”
- Chinese: “大若拉斯山”
- Czech: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Dutch: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جرانديس چوراسيس”
- Esperanto: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Estonian: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Finnish: “Grandes Jorasses”
- French: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Georgian: “გრანდ-ჟორასი”
- German: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Italian: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Japanese: “グランド・ジョラス”
- Korean: “그랑드조라스”
- Ladin: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Lombard: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Norwegian: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grandes Jorasses”
- Persian: “گراندس ژوراس”
- Polish: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Portuguese: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Russian: “Гранд-Жорас”
- Slovak: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Slovenian: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Spanish: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Swahili: “Grandes Jorasses”
- Ukrainian: “Гранд-Жорас”
- Venetian: “Grandes Jorasses”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Montita and Plampincieux.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glacier du Mont Mallet and Petites Jorasses.
Aosta Valley: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Aosta, Courmayeur, and La Thuile.
Curious Peaks to Discover
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Grandes Jorasses”. Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.