Grand Golliat
| Grand Golliat | ||
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 View of the Grand Golliat from the Swiss Val Ferret . |
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| height | 3236 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Border Canton Valais ( Switzerland ) / Region Aosta Valley ( Italy ) | |
| Mountains | Valais Alps | |
| Notch height | 368 m ↓ The saddle is located south of the Aiguille de la Belle Combe at 2,870 meters. | |
| Coordinates | 573788 / 78675 | |
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The Grand Golliat is a mountain in the Valais Alps on the border between the Aosta Valley in Italy and the canton of Valais in Switzerland . It has a height of 3236 m above sea level. M.
Toponymy
The name of the mountain is spelled in different ways, including Grand-Goliath, Grand Golliaz or Grande Pointe du Golliat. It does not refer to the biblical Goliath , but to the word goille , which in Valdostan means a puddle, a small mountain lake or a depression filled with water.
geography
On the Italian side, the Grand Golliat lies between the Vallée du Grand-Saint-Bernard and the Val Ferret . On the north side, it closes the Swiss Val Ferret from the south. The Artanavaz rises on its southern slopes and flows through the Vallée du Grand-Saint-Bernard to Aosta . On the north side, the Dranse de Ferret rises from the small glacier Glacier des Angroniettes and flows into the Rhone at Martigny .
Almost 500 meters south, entirely on Italian territory, is the 3227 m above sea level. M. high Petit Golliat .
The Grand Golliat is very remote. The best starting points for an ascent are the Refuge Elena in the Italian Val Ferret, the small village Ferret in the Swiss Val de Ferret or the top of the Great St. Bernhard pass .
The Grand Golliat forms the most south-westerly point of the canton of Valais and Switzerland.
shape
The Grand Golliat is a showy, stately, and torn mountain. It is known by mountaineers as a rewarding vantage point because of its panorama of the Mont Blanc mountains . The Grand Golliat has no fewer than five peaks lying close together on a border ridge.