Glacier de Taconnaz
Glacier de Taconnaz is a glacier in Les Houches, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 2,245 metres. Glacier de Taconnaz is situated nearby to the locality La Jonction, as well as near Chavanne Vieille.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,245 metres
- Description: glacier in France
- Also known as: “glacier de Taconna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Gros Béchar and Les Grands Mulets.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Bionnassay.
Grand Couloir
Locality
The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble beyond the Tête Rousse Hut up to the Goûter Refuge on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc.
Chamonix
Chamonix is a resort in the Haute-Savoie region of France, bordering Italy, at the foot of Mont Blanc. It's regarded as the birthplace of mountaineering and as one of its capitals.
Glacier de Taconnaz
- Categories: icefall and landform
- Location: Les Houches, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.86747° or 45° 52′ 3″ north
Longitude
6.84222° or 6° 50′ 32″ east
Elevation
2,245 metres (7,365 feet)
Open location code
8FQ8VR8R+XV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Glacier de Taconnaz” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glacera de Taconnaz”
- Cebuano: “Glacier de Taconnaz”
- Dutch: “Glacier de Taconnaz”
- French: “glacier de Taconna”
- French: “glacier de Taconnaz”
- French: “Glacier de Taconnaz”
- German: “glacier de Taconna”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio del Taconnaz”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio del Taconnaz”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Taconnaz”
- Spanish: “glacier de Taconna”
- “Glacier de Taconnaz”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Jonction and Chavanne Vieille.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Le Petit Béchard and Grands Mulets Hut.
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