Le Traversin
Le Traversin is a mountain saddle in Orcines, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Le Traversin is situated nearby to the locality La Souchère, as well as near Chabanne Vieille.Places of Interest
Highlights include Puy-de-Dôme and Temple of Mercury.
Puy-de-Dôme
Volcano
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puy de Dôme is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate.
Temple of Mercury
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The Temple of Mercury at Puy de Dôme 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.
Puy Pariou
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The Puy de Pariou, also known as Puy Pariou or Le Pariou, is a volcano located in the Chaîne des Puys, in the Massif Central region. It is formed by the overlay of two strombolian cones and a tuff ring; it produced three lava flows during its eruptive history.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Égaules.
Égaules
Hamlet
Égaules is a small hamlet, part of the Volvic commune in Puy-de-Dôme département, in Auvergne, France. It is situated at an altitude of 800 m upon a spur, where the thalweg is incised at 666 m above sea level.
Le Traversin
- Type: Mountain saddle
- Category: landform
- Location: Orcines, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.784° or 45° 47′ 2″ northLongitude
2.966° or 2° 57′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8FQ4QXM8+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 859144398OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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