Chablais Alps | |
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French:Préalpes franco-suisses | |
![]() The seven summits of the Dents du Midi | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Dents du Midi (Haute Cime) |
Elevation | 3,257 m (10,686 ft) |
Coordinates | 46°9′45″N6°55′25″E / 46.16250°N 6.92361°E /46.16250; 6.92361 |
Geography | |
Location of the main peaks Mouse over (or touch) gives more detail of peaks. | |
Countries | Switzerland and France |
Departments | Valais andHaute Savoie |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | Bernese Alps andMont Blanc Massif |
TheChablais Alps (French:Massif du Chablais,pronounced[masifdyʃablɛ]) are amountain range in theWestern Alps. They are situated betweenLake Geneva and theMont Blanc Massif.[1] TheCol des Montets separates them from theMont Blanc Massif in the south, and theRhône valley separates them from theBernese Alps in the east.
The Chablais Alps are composed of two distinct parts separated by theVal d'Illiez: theDents du Midi massif on the south which contains the highest peaks, and thealpine foothills on the north.
The peaks of the Chablais Alps include:
Peak | Elevation (m/ft) | |
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Dents du Midi (Haute Cime) | 3,257 | 10,686 |
Tour Sallière | 3,220 | 10,564 |
Mont Ruan | 3,053 | 10,016 |
Le Cheval Blanc | 2,831 | 9,288 |
Le Luisin | 2,786 | 9,140 |
Dents Blanches | 2,759 | 9,052 |
Pointe d'Anterne | 2,733 | 8,967 |
Fontanabran | 2,703 | 8,868 |
Hauts-Forts | 2,466 | 8,091 |
Cornettes de Bise | 2,432 | 7,979 |
Dent d'Oche | 2,221 | 7,287 |
Les Jumelles | 2,215 | 7,267 |
Le Grammont | 2,172 | 7,126 |
Pointe de l'Au | 2,152 | 7,060 |
Dent du Vélan | 2,059 | 6,755 |
Pointe de Bellevue | 2,042 | 6,699 |
Pointe de Nyon | 2,019 | 6,624 |
Pointe de Chavasse | 2,012 | 6,601 |
Pointe d'Uble | 1,963 | 6,440 |
Mont Billiat | 1,894 | 6,214 |
Pointe d'Ireuse | 1,890 | 6,200 |
Mont Ouzon | 1,880 | 6,170 |
Le Môle | 1,863 | 6,112 |
Grenier de Commune | 1,775 | 5,823 |
Montagne des Mémises | 1,674 | 5,492 |
Pointe de Miribel | 1,581 | 5,187 |
Pointe des Brasses | 1,502 | 4,928 |
Mont Bichet (Les Trables, previously La Crêche) | 1,360 | 4,460 |
Mont Orchez | 1,347 | 4,419 |
Mont de Boisy | 739 | 2,425 |