Dent de Crolles
The Dent de Crolles is a karstic mountain of the Chartreuse Mountains range, 17 kilometres north east of Grenoble, Isère, France. The mountain has a characteristic "tooth-like" profile; the French word dent means "tooth". de Crolles is derived from the town of Crolles, located next to the peak.Photo: Gemini1980, FAL.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: mountain
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roc d’Arguille and Église Saint-Pancrace de Saint-Pancrasse.
Église Saint-Pancrace de Saint-Pancrasse
Church
Photo: Gone jab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Pancrace de Saint-Pancrasse is a church, which is situated 2 km south of Dent de Crolles.
Bec Charvet
Peak
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bec Charvet is a peak, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Dent de Crolles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Hilaire and Crolles.
Saint-Hilaire
Village
Photo: Boly38, Public domain.
Saint-Hilaire, also known as Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet, is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Saint-Hilaire is situated 2½ km east of Dent de Crolles.
Crolles
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crolles is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is located in the Isère valley, 20 km northeast of Grenoble, upstream on the river Isère. It has given its name to the Dent de Crolles mountain, which stands just above the city. Crolles is situated 3½ km southeast of Dent de Crolles.
Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse
Hamlet
Dent de Crolles
- Categories: mountain, free flight site, tourism, and peak
- Location: Saint-Hilaire, Arrondissement of Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.30822° or 45° 18′ 30″ northLongitude
5.85556° or 5° 51′ 20″ eastElevation
2,062 metres (6,765 feet)Open location code
8FQ78V54+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 26862779OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q729243
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Dent de Crolles” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dent de Crolles”
- Chinese: “克羅勒峰”
- Chinese: “德特罗尔峰”
- Dutch: “Dent de Crolles”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دينت د كروليس”
- French: “dent de Crolles”
- French: “Dent de Crolles”
- German: “Dent de Crolles”
- Italian: “Dent de Crolles”
- Ladin: “Dent de Crolles”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dent de Crolles”
- Polish: “Dent de Crolles”
- Ukrainian: “Дан-де-Кроль”
- Venetian: “Dent de Crolles”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Décollage de la Dent de Crolles and Grotte Maxi Méga Marmotte.
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