Savoie
Arrondissement of Albertville
Champagny-en-Vanoise

Grande Casse

The Grande Casse is the highest mountain of the in the in the department, France. It is located in the heart of , near the village of , which is about 25 km south-east of the nearest town, .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,855 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “La Grande Casse”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vanoise National Park and Glacier des Grands Couloirs.

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is the first French national park in the department of the region, established in 1963. The park is bordered by Gran Paradiso National Park across the Italian border, and if they were one park, it would be the world's largest alpine park.

Glacier
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Peak
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is a mountain of , . It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,653 metres above sea level. One side of it is in the ski area. There is a up to 3453 m.

Grande Casse

Latitude
45.4051° or 45° 24′ 19″ north
Longitude
6.8276° or 6° 49′ 39″ east
Elevation
3,855 metres (12,648 feet)
Open location code
8FQ8CR4H+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26863476
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q1542960
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Venetian—“Grande Casse” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Grande Casse”
  • Catalan: “Grande Casse”
  • Cebuano: “Pointe de la Grande Casse”
  • Chinese: “大卡斯山”
  • Czech: “Grande Casse”
  • Dutch: “Grande Casse”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جراند كاس”
  • French: “Grande Casse”
  • Georgian: “გრანდ-კასი”
  • German: “Grande Casse”
  • Italian: “Grande Casse”
  • Ladin: “Grande Casse”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grande Casse”
  • Polish: “Grande Casse”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Casse”
  • Slovenian: “Grande Casse”
  • Spanish: “Grande Casse”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд-Кассе”
  • Venetian: “Grande Casse”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Le Grand Couloir and Couloir Messimy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Glacier des Grands Couloirs and Col des Grands Couloirs.

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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 “Grande Casse”. Photo: Ibex73, CC BY-SA 4.0.