Le Cheval Blanc (Sommet S.O.)
Le Cheval Blanc is a mountain in the Chablais Alps on the Swiss-French border. It overlooks the lake of Vieux Emosson on its eastern side.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Buet and Lac du Vieux Émosson.
Mont Buet
Peak
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Mont Buet is a mountain of the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France. Mont Buet has played an important role in the history of science at the end of the eighteenth century when a series of Genevan scientists such as Jean-André Deluc, Horace Bénédict de Saussure or Marc-Auguste Pictet climbed to the summit to carry out scientific observations.
Lac du Vieux Émosson
Reservoir
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lac du Vieux Émosson is a reservoir in Valais, Switzerland, in the municipality of Finhaut at an elevation of 2205 m. The lake drains into the reservoir Lac d'Émosson, 300 m below.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Châlets de Frénalay.
Le Cheval Blanc (Sommet S.O.)
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,800 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.049° or 46° 2′ 56″ northLongitude
6.8652° or 6° 51′ 55″ eastElevation
2,800 metres (9,186 feet)Open location code
8FR82VX8+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3044339143OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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