Pointe des Berons
The Pointe des Berons is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France. It lies approximately halfway between the Col de Balme and the Aiguille du Tour. The east side is covered by the Glacier des Berons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aiguille du Tour and Les Grandes Otanes.
Aiguille du Tour
Peak
Photo: O.Taris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aiguille du Tour is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France. The voie normale on the mountain is graded F and can be climbed from either the Albert Premier Hut on the French side or the Trient Hut on the Swiss side.
Les Grandes Otanes
Peak
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Les Grandes Otanes is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France, north of the Aiguille du Tour. They overlook the Col de Balme.
Albert Premier Hut
Mountain hut
Photo: Offrench, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Albert Premier Hut, sometimes known as Albert 1er, is located on the Haute Route between Chamonix, France and Zermatt, Switzerland. It is at 2,702 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Tour and Montroc.
Montroc
Hamlet
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montroc is a hamlet in eastern France, located in the territory of the commune of Chamonix. Several houses at Poses 150 m north-east of Montroc were destroyed on 9 February 1999 by a slab avalanche from Bec du Lachat and Mont Peclerey on the Mont Blanc massif, killing 12 people.
Argentière
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Argentière is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m.
Pointe des Berons
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,953 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.00587° or 46° 0′ 21″ northLongitude
6.9844° or 6° 59′ 4″ eastElevation
2,953 metres (9,688 feet)Open location code
8FR82X4M+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 10870208658OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Pointe des Berons” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pointe des Berons”
- Dutch: “Pointe des Berons”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پوينت ديس بيرونس”
- French: “pointe de Bron”
- French: “Pointe de Bron”
- French: “pointe des Berons”
- Ladin: “Pointe des Berons”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pointe des Berons”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Grands Dessus and Petoudes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pointes des Grands and Croix des Berons.
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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 “Pointe des Berons”. Photo: Ximonic, CC BY 2.5.