Planpincieux Glacier
The Planpincieux Glacier is a hanging glacier, located on the southern slopes of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps. It is located above the hamlet of Planpincieux, Val Ferret, in the Aosta Valley.Photo: Arjuno3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Glacier
- Description: Glacier on the southern slopes of the Grandes Jorasses
- Also known as: “Ghiacciaio di Planpincieux” and “Glacier de Planpincieux”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dent du Géant and Dôme de Rochefort.
Dent du Géant
Peak
The Dent du Géant is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in France and Italy. The Dent du Géant remained unclimbed during the golden age of alpinism, and was a much-coveted peak in the 1870s, repelling many parties who attempted it mostly from the Rochefort ridge.
Dôme de Rochefort
Peak
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dôme de Rochefort is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in Haute-Savoie, France and of Aosta Valley, Italy.
Aiguille de Rochefort
Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
The Aiguille de Rochefort is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in France and Italy. The peak lies on the Rochefort arête between the Dent du Géant and the Grandes Jorasses and is usually climbed during a traverse of the ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Entrèves and Bivacco di Fréboudze.
Entrèves
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Entrèves is a frazione of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley region of Italy.
Bivacco di Fréboudze
Locality
Photo: Elena Tartaglione, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bivacco di Fréboudze is a locality.
Planpincieux Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.8578° or 45° 51′ 28″ northLongitude
6.9713° or 6° 58′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8FQ8VX5C+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 247923316OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacierWikidata ID
Q68526456
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Satellite Map
Discover Planpincieux Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Planpincieux Glacier” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glacera de Planpincieux”
- Czech: “ledovec na jižních svazích Grandes Jorasses”
- Czech: “ledovec Planpincieux”
- Dutch: “Ghiacciaio di Planpincieux”
- Dutch: “Planpincieux-gletjser”
- Dutch: “Planpincieux-gletsjer”
- French: “glacier de Planpincieux”
- French: “Glacier de Planpincieux”
- German: “Gletscher von Planpincieux”
- German: “Planpincieux-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio di Planpincieux”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Planpincieux”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rognon de la Bouteille and Rocher Reposoir.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mont de Rochefort and Rifugio Gabriele Boccalatte e Mario Piolti.
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