Chablais_Alps

Chablais Alps

Chablais Alps

Mountain range of the western Alps


The Chablais Alps (French: Massif du Chablais, pronounced [masif dy ʃablɛ]) are a mountain range in the western Alps. They are situated between Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc Massif.[1] The Col des Montets separates them from the Mont Blanc Massif in the south, and the Rhône valley separates them from the Bernese Alps in the east.

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The Chablais Alps are composed of two distinct parts separated by the Val d'Illiez: the Dents du Midi massif on the south which contains the highest peaks, and the alpine foothills on the north.

Peaks

Location of the main peaks
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Tenneverge
(2,989)
Hauts forts
(2,466)
Mont Buet
(3,096)
Dents blanches
(2,756)
Mont de Grange
(2,432)
Cornettes de Bise
(2,432)
Dent d'Oche
(2,221)
Les Jumelles
(2,215)
Tour Salière
(3,220)
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Dents du Midi
(3,257)

The peaks of the Chablais Alps include:

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The Rhône valley on the right and the east part of the Chablais Alps on the left from across Lake Geneva
Summits of the Dents du Midi
Above Champéry
Tour Sallière

See also


References

  1. Chaîne franco-suisse, Club Alpin Suisse CAS, 2003, ISBN -978-3-85902-209-6

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