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Trient

Trient Glacier

The Trient Glacier is a 4.3 km long in the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of in . In 1973 it had an area of 6.4 km². The upper part of the glacier forms a large plateau named Plateau du Trient.
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,782 metres
  • Description: glacier in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Trient”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Petite Pointe d’Orny and Pointe des Ecandies.

Peak
Photo: Jack3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Petite Pointe d'Orny is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, overlooking the Trient Glacier in the canton of . It lies north of the .

Peak
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The is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located between and in the canton of . It is located north of the and east of the Trient Glacier.

Peak
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pointe d'Orny is a mountain of the Mont Blanc massif, located west of in the canton of . It lies north-east of the Plateau du Trient. Below the summit lies the Cabane du Trient, a mountain hut operated by the Swiss Alpine Club.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Col du Chardonnet and Trient.

Locality
Photo: Panoraman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality.

Village
Photo: Nicolas Vigier, CC BY 2.0.
is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of in .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Trient Glacier

Latitude
46.01093° or 46° 0′ 39″ north
Longitude
7.02716° or 7° 1′ 38″ east
Elevation
2,782 metres (9,127 feet)
Open location code
8FR9226G+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30764602
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
11397894
Wiki­data ID
Q670540
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Satellite Map

Discover Trient Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Trient Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “glacera de Trient”
  • Catalan: “Glacera del Trient”
  • Catalan: “Trient”
  • Dutch: “Trient Glacier”
  • Esperanto: “Trient-Glaĉero”
  • French: “glacier du Trient”
  • French: “Glacier du Trient”
  • French: “plateau du Trient”
  • French: “Trient”
  • Georgian: “ტრიანის მყინვარი”
  • Georgian: “ტრიენტის მყინვარი”
  • German: “Trientgletscher”
  • Italian: “ghiacciaio del Trient”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio del Trient”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trientbreen”
  • Polish: “Glacier du Trient”
  • Portuguese: “Glaciar do Trient”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Trient”
  • Spanish: “Trient”

Localities in the Area

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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 “Trient Glacier”. Photo: Poschi, CC BY-SA 3.0.