Col Ferret
The Col Ferret is an Alpine pass between the canton of Valais and the Aosta Valley. It is crossed by the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc. Close to it stands the Petit Col Ferret, at an elevation of 2,490 metres, which separates the Mont Blanc Massif from the Pennine Alps.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction with an elevation of 2,537 metres
- Description: Alpine pass
- Also known as: “Col du Ferret”, “Col du Grand Ferret”, “Col du Grand-Ferret”, “Col Ferrex”, “Col-de-la-Peulaz”, “Colle de Ferret”, “Colle del Grand Ferret”, “Colle di Ferret”, “Grand col Ferret”, “Grand-Col-Ferret”, and “Grand-Col-Ferrex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tête de Ferret and Col Chantonnet.
Tête de Ferret
Peak
The Tête de Ferret is a mountain of the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. It lies just east of the Mont Blanc massif, between the Swiss Val Ferret and the Italian Val Ferret.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bivacco di Fréboudze and La Fouly.
Bivacco di Fréboudze
Locality
Photo: Elena Tartaglione, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bivacco di Fréboudze is a locality, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Col Ferret.
La Fouly
Village
Photo: Aaquilino, Public domain.
La Fouly is a village in Val Ferret in the Swiss canton of Valais. At an altitude of 1,600 metres, it is part of the municipality of Orsières. It sits at the foot of Mont Dolent and the Tour Noir in the Mont Blanc massif. La Fouly is situated 5 km north of Col Ferret.
Col du Chardonnet
Locality
Photo: Panoraman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Col du Chardonnet is a locality, which is situated 10 km northwest of Col Ferret.
Col Ferret
- Categories: col and tourism
- Location: Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.88899° or 45° 53′ 20″ northLongitude
7.07786° or 7° 4′ 40″ eastElevation
2,537 metres (8,323 feet)Open location code
8FQ9V3QH+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1512845262OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Col Ferret” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Col Ferret”
- Cebuano: “Grand Col Ferret”
- Dutch: “Col Ferret”
- Dutch: “Grand Col Ferret”
- Finnish: “Col Ferret”
- French: “col Ferret”
- French: “Grand col Ferret”
- French: “Grand Col Ferret”
- German: “Col Ferret”
- German: “Grand Col Ferret”
- Italian: “Col Ferret”
- Lombard: “Col Ferret”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Col Ferret”
- Polish: “Col du Grand Ferret”
- Polish: “Col Ferret”
- Portuguese: “Col Ferret”
- Portuguese: “Colo Ferret”
- Portuguese: “Passo Ferret”
- Russian: “Гран-Ферре”
- Slovenian: “Col Ferret”
- Spanish: “Col de Ferret”
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Localities in the Area
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