Col Major
Col Major is a mountain saddle in Courmayeur, Aosta Valley and has an elevation of 4,740 metres. Col Major is situated nearby to the locality Gendarme Rouge, as well as near Rochers Gruber.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rossoila, 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.
Dôme du Goûter
Peak
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dôme du Goûter is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif. It is a shoulder of Mont Blanc, whose summit lies two kilometres to the south-east. The Dôme is traversed on ascents of Mont Blanc via the Bosses route.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Couloir.
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.
Col Major
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 4,740 metres
- Description: Col in Mont Blanc massif
- Categories: col, automatic weather station, and landform
- Location: Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.8297° or 45° 49′ 47″ northLongitude
6.8679° or 6° 52′ 5″ eastElevation
4,740 metres (15,551 feet)Open location code
8FQ8RVH9+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 808544012OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleWikidata ID
Q88959596
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In Other Languages
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Localities in the Area
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