Col du Géant
The Col du Géant at 3,356 m is the main passage of the Mont Blanc massif between Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley and Chamonix-Mont Blanc in the Arve Valley. On the French side, to the north is the Géant Glacier which overlooks the Mer de Glace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,371 metres
- Description: mountain pass of the Graian Alps
- Also known as: “Colle del Gigante”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pointe Helbronner and Aiguilles Marbrées.
Pointe Helbronner
Peak
Pointe Helbronner is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Graian Alps on the watershed between France and Italy. The peak, which used to be a mere geodetic reference point, was named after Paul Helbronner, a French polytechnicien, alpinist and geodesist who pioneered cartography of the French Alps.
Aiguilles Marbrées
Peak
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aiguilles Marbrées, is a mountain peak in the Mont Blanc massif, above the Glacier du Géant, with its summits forming part of the frontier between France and Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Entrèves and Courmayeur.
Entrèves
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Entrèves is a frazione of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley region of Italy. Entrèves is situated 4 km southeast of Col du Géant.
Courmayeur
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Courmayeur is a skiing and mountaineering resort at the head of Valle d’Aosta, in northwest Italy. At 1224 m elevation, it has a spectacular location near the foot of Mont Blanc.
Bivacco di Fréboudze
Locality
Photo: Elena Tartaglione, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bivacco di Fréboudze is a locality, which is situated 7 km east of Col du Géant.
Col du Géant
- Categories: col and landform
- Location: France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Col du Géant” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Géant”
- Cebuano: “Colle del Gigante”
- Czech: “Col du Géant”
- Dutch: “Col du Géant”
- Dutch: “Colle del Gigante”
- French: “col du Géant”
- French: “Col du Géant”
- French: “Colle del Gigante”
- German: “Colle del Gigante”
- Italian: “Col du Géant”
- Italian: “colle del Gigante”
- Italian: “Colle del Gigante”
- Japanese: “コル・デュ・ジェアン峠”
- Portuguese: “Passo do Géant”
- Portuguese: “Passo do Gigante”
- Venetian: “Cołe del Gigante”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Col du Géant”. Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.