Dauphiné Alps
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 Dauphiné Alps (The Meije with the Grand Pic) |
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| Highest peak | Barre des Écrins ( 4102 m ) |
| location | France |
| part of | Western alps |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 58 ′ N , 6 ° 17 ′ E |
The Dauphiné Alps are a mountain group of the western Alps in the French region of Dauphiné .
Upstream to the west are the Vercors and Chartreuse foothills . In the north, the Dauphiné Alps are bordered by the Savoy Alps , in the east by the Graian Alps and in the southeast by the Cottian Alps . The collective name Pelvoux is also used for the central glaciated high alpine mountain range around the mountain ranges of Barre des Écrins, Meije , Ailefroide and Mont Pelvoux .
Its highest peak is the Barre des Écrins , which is also the southernmost four-thousand-meter peak in the Alps .
The main peaks of the most important mountain groups of the Haut-Dauphiné are:
- Barre des Écrins , 4102 m
- la Meije , 3983 m
- l'Ailefroide , 3954 m
- Mont Pelvoux , 3946 m
- Pic sans Nom, 3914 m
- le Râteau , 3809 m
- la Grande Ruine , 3765 m
- Roche Faurio , 3730 m
- les Bans , 3669 m
- les Agneaux, 3664 m
- Aiguille du plat de la Selle (Soreiller group), 3597 m
- les Rouies, 3589 m
- Olan , 3564 m
- Pic des Arcas, 3479 m
- Roche de la Muzelle, 3465 m
- le Sirac, 3440 m
- Aiguille des Arias, 3403 m
- Mont Gioberney, 3351 m
- Tete de Vautisse, 3156 m
Further:
- Grande Autane , 2782 m
- Le Piolit , 2464 m