Grand Pilier d’Angle
The Grand Pilier d'Angle is a buttress on the southern side of Mont Blanc in the Mont Blanc massif in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The first ascent from the valley was by James Eccles with guides Michel Payot and Alphonse Payot on 30 July 1877 during an ascent of the Peuterey ridge, although the summit had been visited on 20 August 1822 by F.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Manuamano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Maudit and Mont Blanc de Courmayeur.
Mont Maudit
Peak
Photo: Eltouristo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mont Maudit is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in France and Italy. The French name literally means "Cursed Mountain". Until the end of the 18th century, Mont Blanc and its satellite peaks were collectively known in French as the Montagne Maudite.
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
Peak
Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur is a point on the south-east ridge of Mont Blanc that forms the summit of the massive south-east face of the mountain. It is connected to Mont Blanc via the Col Major.
Pic Luigi Amedeo
Peak
Photo: Alessandro Cantamessa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pic Luigi Amedeo is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Aosta Valley, Italy. It lies on the Brouillard ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc, and is only reachable via an ascent of that ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Entrèves.
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.
Entrèves
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Entrèves is a frazione of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley region of Italy.
Grand Pilier d’Angle
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,243 metres
- Description: mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.8279° or 45° 49′ 40″ northLongitude
6.8798° or 6° 52′ 47″ eastElevation
4,243 metres (13,921 feet)Open location code
8FQ8RVHH+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 808543911OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q30441
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Grand Pilier d’Angle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Czech: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Dutch: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جراند پيلير دانجل”
- French: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- German: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Italian: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Japanese: “プトレイ大岩稜”
- Ladin: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Polish: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Portuguese: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Russian: “Гран-Пилье-д’Англь”
- Spanish: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
- Venetian: “Grand Pilier d’Angle”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rochers Gruber and Gendarme Rouge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Col de Peuterey and Haute Glacier du Freney.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grand Pilier d’Angle”. Photo: Manuamano, CC BY-SA 3.0.