Cirque de Vaconnant
Cirque de Vaconnant is a valley in Arâches-la-Frasse, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cirque de Vaconnant is situated nearby to the hamlet Chalets de Vaconnant, as well as near the locality Les Glaciers-Sud.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lac de Gers and Tête du Pré des Saix.
Lac de Gers
Lake
Photo: Claude PIARD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lac de Gers is a lake above Samoëns in Haute-Savoie, France. The lake's water level varies seasonally up by 2 m. Its maximum surface area is 6.5 ha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flaine and Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval.
Flaine
Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Flaine is in Le Grand Massif ski area in the Haute Savoie department, in the Rhône-Alpes of Southeastern France. It was designed by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer in the 1960s, has one of Europe's fastest gondolas and is known for being an eco-friendly car-free ski resort.
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
Photo: Scailyna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is classified amongst the "Most Beautiful Villages of France" with regard to its rich 9-century-old architecture. Sixt's ski area is linked with Grand Massif via the fabulous "Piste des Cascades", a 14 km blue trail from the resort of Flaine to Sixt.
Samoëns
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Samoëns pronounced is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département in France. The town of Samoëns is in the Vallée du Giffre in the French Alps and carries the designation of a "ville fleurie", meaning its gardens and public greenery are particularly good.
Cirque de Vaconnant
- Type: Valley
- Category: landform
- Location: Arâches-la-Frasse, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.0336° or 46° 2′ 1″ northLongitude
6.7129° or 6° 42′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8FR82PM7+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 12604584299OpenStreetMap feature
natural=valley
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vaconnant and Chalets de Vaconnant.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Col de la Tenaz and Pointe de Vernant.
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