Col de Salenton
Col de Salenton is a mountain saddle in Passy, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 2,526 metres. Col de Salenton is situated nearby to the locality Bérard, as well as near Beaux Prés.Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Buet and Aiguille du Belvédère.
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.
Aiguille du Belvédère
Peak
Photo: Aiguille, Public domain.
Aiguille du Belvédère is a mountain of Haute-Savoie, France. It is the highest peak in the Aiguilles Rouges range of the French Prealps and has an altitude of 2,965 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Argentière and Montroc.
Argentière
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Argentière is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m.
Montroc
Hamlet
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montroc is a hamlet in eastern France, located in the territory of the commune of Chamonix. Several houses at Poses 150 m north-east of Montroc were destroyed on 9 February 1999 by a slab avalanche from Bec du Lachat and Mont Peclerey on the Mont Blanc massif, killing 12 people.
Col de Salenton
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,526 metres
- Categories: col and landform
- Location: Passy, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.0073° or 46° 0′ 26″ northLongitude
6.8553° or 6° 51′ 19″ eastElevation
2,526 metres (8,287 feet)Open location code
8FR82V44+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 469385434OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleWikidata ID
Q109998414
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In Other Languages
“Col de Salenton” goes by many names.
- French: “col de Salenton”
- French: “Col de Salenton”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bérard and Beaux Prés.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aiguille de Salenton and Brèche de Salenton.
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