Piton Nord
Piton Nord is a locality in Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Piton Nord is situated nearby to the locality Piton Central, as well as near Gare des Glaciers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aiguille du Midi and Step into the void.
Aiguille du Midi
Peak
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Les Praz.
Grand Couloir
Locality
The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble beyond the Tête Rousse Hut up to the Goûter Refuge on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc. Grand Couloir is situated 6 km southwest of Piton Nord.
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. Les Praz is situated 7 km north of Piton Nord.
Entrèves
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Entrèves is a frazione of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley region of Italy. Entrèves is situated 9 km southeast of Piton Nord.
Piton Nord
- Type: Locality
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.8792° or 45° 52′ 45″ northLongitude
6.88674° or 6° 53′ 12″ eastOpen location code
8FQ8VVHP+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 5590167504OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
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