Col de Ceyssat

Col de Ceyssat is a mountain saddle in , , and has an elevation of 1,078 metres. Col de Ceyssat is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Puy-de-Dôme and Temple of Mercury.

Volcano
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of in central . This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The at is a Gallo-Roman trachyte temple built in the 2nd century at the summit of the lava dome. It replaced a 1st-century arkose temple on the same site, which was apparently too small to accommodate the many pilgrims who visited.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain saddle.

Col de Ceyssat

Latitude
45.7639° or 45° 45′ 50″ north
Longitude
2.9559° or 2° 57′ 21″ east
Elevation
1,078 metres (3,537 feet)
Open location code
8FQ4QX74+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34506361
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Wiki­data ID
Q2982027
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

Localities in the Area

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