Les Tours
Les Tours is a peak in Vallorcine, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 2,710 metres. Les Tours is situated nearby to the locality Bérard, as well as near Cornes de Loriaz.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Buet and Mont Oreb.
Mont Buet
Peak
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Mont Buet is a mountain of the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France. Mont Buet has played an important role in the history of science at the end of the eighteenth century when a series of Genevan scientists such as Jean-André Deluc, Horace Bénédict de Saussure or Marc-Auguste Pictet climbed to the summit to carry out scientific observations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montroc and Argentière.
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.
Les Tours
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,710 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Vallorcine, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.01997° or 46° 1′ 12″ northLongitude
6.86797° or 6° 52′ 5″ eastElevation
2,710 metres (8,891 feet)Open location code
8FR82V99+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 10944511847OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Les Tours” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Les Tours”
- French: “Les Tours”
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