Mont Avril
Mont Avril is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border. Its summit has an elevation of 3,347 metres above sea level and can be reached by a trail from the Fenêtre de Durand. Mont Avril is considered the smaller brother of Mont Gelé.Photo: Olivier Bruchez, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,346 metres
- Description: mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy
- Also known as: “Col de Fenêtre”, “Col de la Fenêtre”, “Col Fenêtre”, “Col-de- Fenêtre-de-Durand”, “Colle Fenêtre”, “Colle Fenêtre de Durand”, “Fenêtre”, and “Fenêtre de Balme”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Gelé and Fenêtre de Durand.
Mont Gelé
Peak
Photo: Gariazzo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mont Gelé is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies between the valleys of Bagnes and Valpelline, on the main Alpine watershed.
Fenêtre de Durand
Photo: Olivier Bruchez, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fenêtre de Durand is an Alpine pass connecting Switzerland and Italy. It connects Fionnay on its northern side to Valpelline on its southern side. At an elevation of 2,797 metres above sea level, the Fenêtre de Durand is the lowest pass on the main chain of the Alps between the Grand Combin and the Weissmies.
Tour de Boussine
Peak
Photo: Sunna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tour de Boussine is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking the lake of Mauvoisin in the canton of Valais. It lies east of the Grand Combin.
Mont Avril
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Ollomont, Aosta Valley, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.91526° or 45° 54′ 55″ northLongitude
7.34422° or 7° 20′ 39″ eastElevation
3,346 metres (10,978 feet)Open location code
8FQ9W88V+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 279119137OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mont Avril” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونت أفريل”
- Cebuano: “Mont Avril”
- Chinese: “阿夫里勒山”
- Dutch: “Mont Avril”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت اڤريل”
- French: “mont Avril”
- French: “Mont Avril”
- French: “Mont-Avril”
- Georgian: “მონ-ავრილი”
- Georgian: “მონტ-ავრილი”
- German: “Mont Avril”
- Italian: “Mont Avril”
- Ladin: “Mont Avril”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mont Avril”
- Polish: “Mont Avril”
- Slovenian: “Mont Avril”
- Spanish: “Mont Avril”
- Venetian: “Monte Avril”
- Western Panjabi: “مونٹ اورل”
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