Vanil Carré
Vanil Carré | ||
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Château-d'Oex at the foot of the wooded Le Guentéflin ( 1845 m above sea level ), next to it the rock of Vanil Carré rises above the rugged La Vausseresse . |
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height | 2197 m above sea level M. | |
location | Canton of Friborg and Canton of Vaud , Switzerland | |
Mountains | Freiburg Pre-Alps | |
Dominance | 1.2 km → Gros Perré | |
Notch height | 110 m ↓ Lapia des Ontanettes | |
Coordinates | 575364 / 149590 | |
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rock | lime |
The Vanil Carré ( 2197 m above sea level ) is one of the highest mountain peaks in the Friborg Prealps in Switzerland . The rocky knoll rises north of La Vausseresse ( 1643 m above sea level ), the headwaters of the Rivière des Tenasses . Together with the Vanil Noir, it is part of the mountain ridge over which the border between the cantons of Friborg and Vaud runs. The municipal boundaries of Château-d'Oex , Grandvillard and Haut-Intyamon meet on the Vanil Carré .
The Vanil Carré belongs to the competent limestone of the Préalpes médianes plastiques . There are also typical karst phenomena in the region , for example, below the Vanil Carré in La Vausseresse there are distinctive carts .