Le Génépi
Le Génépi is a mountain of the Swiss Mont Blanc massif, located west of Champex in the canton of Valais. It is the culminating point of the group lying north of the Fenêtre d'Arpette.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,881 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Genepi”, “Génépi”, and “Le Genepi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pointe des Ecandies and Trient Glacier.
Pointe des Ecandies
Peak
Photo: Jack3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pointe des Ecandies is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located between Trient and Champex in the canton of Valais. It is located north of the Pointe d'Orny and east of the Trient Glacier.
Trient Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Poschi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Trient Glacier is a 4.3 km long glacier in the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 6.4 km². The upper part of the glacier forms a large plateau named Plateau du Trient.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trient and Gorges du Durnand.
Trient
Village
Photo: Nicolas Vigier, CC BY 2.0.
Trient is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Champex
Village
Photo: Bescoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Champex is a village located in the French-speaking Swiss canton of Valais, part of the municipality of Orsières. The village lies at 1,470 metres on the shore of Lac de Champex, at the foot of the Mont Blanc Massif.
Le Génépi
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Orsières, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.02483° or 46° 1′ 29″ northLongitude
7.04423° or 7° 2′ 39″ eastElevation
2,881 metres (9,452 feet)Open location code
8FR922FV+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2637917659OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Le Génépi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لي جينيبي”
- Cebuano: “Le Génépi”
- Dutch: “Le Génépi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لى جينيبى”
- French: “Génépi”
- French: “Le Génépi”
- Georgian: “ლე-ჟენეპი”
- German: “Génepi”
- German: “Le Génépi”
- Italian: “Le Génépi”
- Ladin: “Le Génépi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Le Génépi”
- Swedish: “Le Génépi”
- Venetian: “Le Génépi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as P2280 and P2364.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Someceon du Dru and Col de la Ly.
Valais: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 “Le Génépi”. Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.