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The following is a sortable table of the 37 peaks of continental France with a topographical prominence of at least 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).. This table includes all Ultras with prominence of at least 1,500 m (4,900 ft) within continental France.
This is a list of mountain passes and hills in the Tour de France.Among the passes most often crossed, Col du Tourmalet, Col d'Aubisque, Col d'Aspin, Col de Peyresourde and Col du Galibier predominate, while the highest peak ever reached is Cime de la Bonette-Restefond (2,802 m (9,193 ft)), used in the 1962, 1964, 1993 and 2008 Tour de France.
It was founded by the French sports journalist and former professional road racing cyclist Henri Desgrange, who became the first director of the race. [2] He was passionate about taking the Tour up to the highest reachable points of elevation in the Alps and Pyrenees using the most difficult routes. [3]
This is the key col for Corno di Ban (3,028 m), which, thanks to the retreat of the glacier, now appears on the list with a prominence of 311 m. Given the inaccuracies, the list includes (unranked) summits with estimated prominences down to 7 meter below the cut-off (293 m), many of which may very well have a real prominence exceeding 300 m.
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The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after Mont Blanc. It is located between Switzerland (Canton of Valais) and Italy (Piedmont and Aosta ...
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Bellevue de l'Inini, also known as Mont Bellevue, Montagne Bellevue, and Montagne Bellevue de l'Inini, is the highest point of French Guiana, an overseas department of France, with an elevation of 851 metres (2,792 ft).