Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
| Mont Blanc de Courmayeur | ||
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 Rocky summit of Mont Blanc de Courmayeur seen from La Thuile (to the left is the actual, snow-covered Mont Blanc summit) |
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| height | 4748 m slm | |
| location | Italy , France | |
| Mountains | Savoy Alps | |
| Dominance | 0.6 km → Mont Blanc | |
| Notch height | 18 m ↓ Col Major | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 49 '43 " N , 6 ° 52' 6" E | |
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The Mont Blanc de Courmayeur ( Italian Monte Bianco di Courmayeur ) is an elevation on the southeast shoulder of Mont Blanc with a height of 4748 m slm
It is in front of Mont Blanc about 800 m southeast towards the city of Courmayeur and therefore appears from there as the summit of Mont Blanc. It is separated from Mont Blanc by the only imperceptibly cut saddle Col Major (approx. 4740 m ).
The west, south and east slopes of Mont Blanc de Courmayeur are in Italy . The area between the summit and the summit of Mont Blanc is politically controversial (see border on Mont Blanc ): On some maps the state border runs over the summit of Mont Blanc ( 4810 m ), which would make it the highest point in Italy while the Mont Blanc de Courmayeur would have the highest peak that lies entirely in Italy. On other maps, the border runs over the summit of Mont Blanc de Courmayeur, making it the highest point in Italy. On still others, the border runs along the edge of the rock, so that the summit comes to rest entirely on French soil.
literature
- Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt: Four-thousanders in the Alps. 12th, updated edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2 .
- National map of Switzerland 1: 50,000 . Sheet 292: Courmayeur , 1998.
- Carte ign 1: 25,000 . Sheet 3531: st-gervais-les-bains - mont blanc , 1986 (French).
Individual evidence
Web links
- Mont Blanc de Courmayeur at 4000m - The four-thousanders of the Alps