Col de Balme
The Col de Balme is a high mountain pass of the Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and France. It connects Trient in the Swiss canton of Valais to Argentière in the French department of Haute-Savoie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Refuge du Col de Balme and Tête de Balme.
Refuge du Col de Balme
Mountain hut
Photo: Famberhorst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Refuge du Col de Balme is a mountain hut.
Tête de Balme
Peak
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Tête de Balme is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France. It lies on the range north of the Col de Balme, culminating at the Croix de Fer.
Les Grandes Otanes
Peak
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Les Grandes Otanes is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France, north of the Aiguille du Tour. They overlook the Col de Balme.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Tour and Trient.
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.
Le Châtelard
Hamlet
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Châtelard is a locality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland near the border with France. It is part of the municipality of Finhaut.
Col de Balme
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,203 metres
- Description: high mountain pass of the Alps
- Category: landform
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.02637° or 46° 1′ 35″ northLongitude
6.97029° or 6° 58′ 13″ eastElevation
2,203 metres (7,228 feet)Open location code
8FR82XGC+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1500628061OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Col de Balme” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “coll de Balme”
- Croatian: “Col de Balme”
- French: “col de Balme”
- French: “Col de Balme”
- German: “Col de Balme”
- Italian: “colle di Balme”
- Portuguese: “Colo de Balme”
- Portuguese: “Passo de Balme”
- Slovenian: “Col de Balme”
- Swedish: “Col de Balme”
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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 “Col de Balme”. Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.