Col Basset

Col Basset is a mountain saddle in Sestriere, Province of Turin, Piedmont and has an elevation of 2,424 metres. Col Basset is situated nearby to the locality La Gran Sagne, as well as near Al Gourioun.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Col Basset and Monte Fraiteve.

Col Basset

Nature reserve

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Col Basset is a nature reserve.

Monte Fraiteve

Peak

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Monte Fraiteve is a peak.

Cappella di Sant’Anna

Church

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Cappella di Sant’Anna is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oulx and Sestriere.

Oulx

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Oulx is a town of 3,300 people in the Piedmont region of Italy near the town of Sauze d'Oulx, a famous ski resort. Oulx sits at the confluence of the Dora di Riparia and the Dora di Bardonecchia rivers in the Susa Valley, about 76 km west of Turin.

Sestriere

Village

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Sestriere is a ski resort in Piedmont, Italy, a comune of the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is situated in Val Susa, 17 km from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin.

Sportinia

Hamlet

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Sportinia is a hamlet.

Col Basset

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,424 metres
Description: Mountain pass ot the Cottian Alps
Categories: mountain pass and landform
Location: Sestriere, Province of Turin, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

44.9882° or 44° 59′ 18″ north

Longitude

6.8685° or 6° 52′ 7″ east

Elevation

2,424 metres (7,953 feet)

Open location code

8FP8XVQ9+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 297597123

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

Wikidata ID

Q129406975

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Italian—“Col Basset” goes by many names.

French: “col Basset”
French: “Col Basset”
Italian: “colle Basset”

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Localities in the Area

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