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2. French Alps - Wikipedia

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   While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the Mont Blanc massif, are shared with Switzerland and Italy. At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), Mont Blanc , on the France–Italy border , is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European mountain .

3. List of French mountains by prominence - Wikipedia

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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.

4. List of prominent mountains of the Alps above 3000 m

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   On the other hand, in the 1930s, when the current Italian 1:25.000 topographic map of the region was created, the Passo del Vannino, northwest of the Ofenhorn, was covered by the Lebendun glacier and was measured to be 2,754 m, while the much more recent Swisstopo map shows it to be bare and 2,717 m high.

5. Hautes-Alpes - Wikipedia

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   Map of Hautes-Alpes. The department is surrounded by the following French departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Drôme, Isère and Savoie. Italy borders it on the east with the Metropolitan City of Turin and the province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont. Hautes-Alpes is located in the Alps mountain range. The average elevation is over 1000 m; the ...

6. I traveled to 50 of the top countries for tourism and ranked ...

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   28. France. There's so much to do all across France. ... Visit Courchevel in the French Alps for a lovely ski vacation, the glamorous French Riviera for some of the most relaxing beaches ...

7. Mont Blanc massif - Wikipedia

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   The Romans, who occupied the region 2,000 years ago, used the main valleys around the massif for military purposes. [70] They gave the name Alpes Penninae, or Poeninae, to the highest parts of the Alps—which extended from Mont Blanc to Monte Rosa. [71]

8. List of mountains of the Alps over 4000 metres - Wikipedia

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   Pennine Alps Pic Lory: France 4086 m Dauphiné Alps Dent d'Hérens Gendarme Crochu Switzerland 4075 m Pennine Alps Pilier du Diable: France 4067 m Mont Blanc Massif Terzo pilastro del Col Maudit: France 4064 m Pennine Alps Pointe Bravais: France 4057 m Mont Blanc Massif Pic Eccles: Italy 4041 m Mont Blanc Massif Dent d'Hérens, L'Epaule Italy ...

9. Alps - Wikipedia

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   The Alps extend in an arc from France in the south and west to Slovenia in the east, and from Monaco in the south to Germany in the north. The Alps are a crescent shaped geographic feature of central Europe that ranges in an 800 km (500 mi) arc (curved line) from east to west and is 200 km (120 mi) in width.