Tête Blanche
Tête Blanche is a mountain of the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. Its summit is the tripoint between the valleys of Hérens, Mattertal and Valpelline, thus forming the linguistic tri-point between French, German, and Italian -speaking areas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jackph, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,710 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Tete Blanche”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tête de Valpelline and Dent d’Hérens.
Tête de Valpelline
Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
Tête de Valpelline is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border. It lies west of the Dent d'Hérens, between the valleys of Mattertal and Valpelline.
Dent d’Hérens
Peak
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dent d'Hérens is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The mountain lies a few kilometres west of the Matterhorn.
Wandfluehorn
Peak
Photo: Johnw, Public domain.
The Wandfluehorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located between Les Haudères and Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It lies south of the Dent Blanche.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breuil-Cervinia and Plan Maison.
Breuil-Cervinia
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Breuil-Cervinia, officially Le Breuil from September 2023, is a frazione of the comune of Valtournenche, Italy. It is a winter and summer tourist resort.
Plan Maison
Locality
Photo: SteGrifo27, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plan Maison is a locality, which is situated 8 km southeast of Tête Blanche.
Arolla
Village
Photo: Steinmann, Public domain.
Arolla is a village in the municipality of Evolène in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is situated at the end of the Val d'Hérens, south of the cantonal capital, Sion. Arolla is situated 8 km northwest of Tête Blanche.
Tête Blanche
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Evolène, Hérens District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.98659° or 45° 59′ 12″ northLongitude
7.57533° or 7° 34′ 31″ eastElevation
3,710 metres (12,172 feet)Open location code
8FQ9XHPG+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 393169669OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Tête Blanche” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Tête Blanche”
- Cebuano: “Tête Blanche (bukid sa Swisa, Canton du Valais, Hérens District)”
- Cebuano: “Tête Blanche”
- Chinese: “布朗什峰 (本寧阿爾卑斯山脈)”
- Chinese: “布朗什峰”
- Dutch: “Tête Blanche”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تيت بلانتش”
- French: “tête Blanche”
- French: “Tête Blanche”
- Georgian: “ტეტ-ბლანში”
- German: “Tête Blanche”
- Italian: “Tête Blanche”
- Ladin: “Tête Blanche”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tête Blanche”
- Persian: “تیت بلانش”
- Polish: “Tête Blanche”
- Portuguese: “Cabeça Branca”
- Slovenian: “Tête Blanche”
- Spanish: “Tete Blanche”
- Spanish: “Tête Blanche”
- Swedish: “Tête Blanche (berg i Schweiz, Valais, Hérens District)”
- Swedish: “Tête Blanche”
- Venetian: “Tête Blanche”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹیٹے بلانچے”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Col de Valpelline and Col de la Tête Blanche.
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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 “Tête Blanche”. Photo: Jackph, Public domain.