Aiguille de Blaitière
The Aiguille de Blaitière is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France. Aiguille de Blaitière has an elevation of 3,522 metres.Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Henk Monster, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,522 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Aiguille de Blaitiere”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aiguille du Midi and Mer de Glace.
Aiguille du Midi
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842-metre-tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc.
Mer de Glace
Glacier
Photo: snappa2006, CC BY 2.0.
The Mer de Glace is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps. It is 7.5 km long and 200 metres deep but, when all its tributary glaciers are taken into account, it can be regarded as the longest and largest glacier in France, and the second longest in the Alps after the Aletsch Glacier.
Aiguille du Grépon
Peak
The Aiguille du Grépon, informally known as The Grepon, is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France. The Grepon has a Southern and Northern peak, which are the highest points of a sharp granite ridge to the east of the Glacier des Nantillons above Chamonix and northeast of the Aiguille du Midi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Praz.
Les Praz
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les-Praz-de-Chamonix is a mountain village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix. Altitude: 1060 m.
Aiguille de Blaitière
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.8989° or 45° 53′ 56″ northLongitude
6.9133° or 6° 54′ 48″ eastElevation
3,522 metres (11,555 feet)Open location code
8FQ8VWX7+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 344715579OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q404669
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“Aiguille de Blaitière” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ايجويل د بلايتير”
- Finnish: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
- French: “aiguille de Blaitière”
- French: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
- French: “Blaitière”
- German: “Aiguille de Blaitiere”
- German: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
- Italian: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
- Ladin: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
- Portuguese: “Agulha de Blaitière”
- Portuguese: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
- Spanish: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
- Venetian: “Aiguille de Blaitière”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alpage de Blaitière du Dessus and La Salle à Manger.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aiguille des Ciseaux and Aiguille du Fou.
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