Vanoise
Vanoise is a beautiful mountain area in the French Alps south of Mont Blanc and linked to the Italian area Gran Paradiso in the Valle d'Aosta region. It is well-known because of its large ski-resorts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cevenol2, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,676 metres
- Description: mountains in France
- Also known as: “Massif de la Vanoise” and “Vanoise massif”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Petit Mont Blanc and Petit mont Blanc.
Le Petit Mont Blanc
Nature reserve
Photo: Ibex73, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Le Petit Mont Blanc is a nature reserve.
Petit mont Blanc
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Petit mont Blanc is a scenic viewpoint.
Vanoise
- Categories: alpine supergroup, Natura 2000 site, and landform
- Location: Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Vanoise” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Ваноаз”
- Catalan: “Massís de la Vanoise”
- Cebuano: “Massif de la Vanoise”
- Chinese: “瓦努瓦斯山”
- Czech: “Vanoise”
- Dutch: “Vanoise”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فانواز ماسيف”
- French: “massif de la Vanoise”
- French: “Massif de la Vanoise”
- Georgian: “ვანუაზის მასივი”
- German: “Vanoise-Massiv”
- Greek: “Οροσειρά της Βανουάζ”
- Italian: “Massiccio della Vanoise”
- Japanese: “ヴァノワーズ山”
- Latin: “Vallis Noxia”
- Polish: “Massif de la Vanoise”
- Polish: “Vanoise”
- Portuguese: “Maciço da Vanoise”
- Romanian: “Massif de la Vanoise”
- Russian: “Вануаз”
- Slovak: “Vanoise”
- Slovenian: “massif de la Vanoise”
- Slovenian: “Vanoiški masiv”
- Spanish: “macizo de la Vanoise”
- Spanish: “Macizo de la Vanoise”
- Spanish: “Macizo Vanoise”
- Venetian: “Masìcio de ła Vanoise”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Vanoise”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.