Chartreuse Mountains
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses".
The Chartreuse Mountains (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as the Bauges to the north and the Vercors to the south.
Etymology
The name Chartreuse is derived from the village now known as Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, earlier Catorissium, Cantourisa, Caturissium, and Chatrousse.[1] It appears to be of Gaulish origin;[2] and is perhaps related to the name of the Caturiges tribe.[3]
Geography
The mountain range rises between Grenoble (south), Chambéry (north), Voiron and Saint-Laurent-du-Pont (west) and Grésivaudan (Isère valley, east)
Main summits
Summits of the Chartreuse Mountains include:
- Chamechaude, Script error: No such module "convert".
- Dent de Crolles, Script error: No such module "convert".
- Les Lances de Malissard Script error: No such module "convert".
- Grand Som, Script error: No such module "convert".
- Dôme de Bellefont Script error: No such module "convert".
- Piton de Bellefont Script error: No such module "convert".
- Mont Granier, Script error: No such module "convert".
- La Grande Sure, Script error: No such module "convert".
- Le Charmant Som Script error: No such module "convert".
- Sommet du Pinet ou le Truc Script error: No such module "convert".
- Rochers de Chalves Script error: No such module "convert".
- Rocher de Lorzier Script error: No such module "convert".
- Dent de l'Ours Script error: No such module "convert".
- Scia Script error: No such module "convert".
- Petit Som Script error: No such module "convert".
- Pinéa Script error: No such module "convert".
- Mont Outheran Script error: No such module "convert".
- Grands Crêts Script error: No such module "convert".
- Pointe de la Gorgeat Script error: No such module "convert".
- Écoutoux Script error: No such module "convert".
- mont Saint-Eynard Script error: No such module "convert".
- Néron Script error: No such module "convert".
- Rachais Script error: No such module "convert".
Main passes
Passes of the Chartreuse Mountains include :
With road
- Col de la Charmette
- Col de la Cluse
- Col du Coq
- Col du Cucheron
- Col du Granier
- Col de Porte
- Col de Palaquit
- Col de Vence
- Col de la Placette
Without road
- Col de l'Alpe
- Col de l'Alpette
- Col des Ayes
- Col de Charmille
- Col des Émeindras
- Col de la Faîta
- Col de Bellefond
- Col de Léchaud
- Col de la Ruchère
- Col de la Sure
- Col de la Grande Vache
- Col de la Petite Vache
- Col du Baure
Main canyons
Canyons of the Chartreuse Mountains include :
- Gorges du Guiers Vif
- Gorges du Guiers Mort
- Gorges du Ténaison
- Gorges de la Vence
- Gorge du Manival
- Gorges de l'Echaillon
- Gorges du Cozon Rau
Main plateaux
Plateaux of the Chartreuse Mountains include :
Main Caves
The main caves in the Chartreuse include :
- Template:Interlanguage link,
Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". deep.[4] - Réseau de la Dent de Crolles - about Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". deep.[5]
- Système du Granier, Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". deep.[6][7]
- Réseau de malissard, Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". deep.[8]
- Système Pinet-Brouillard, Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". deep.[9]
Geology
The lithology is dominated by limestone, and several hundred kilometres of cave passages lie beneath the hills, including the world-famous 60 km long Dent de Crolles system.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Winter sports resorts
Chartreuse winter sports resorts include :
- Le Désert d'Entremont, where the use of snowshoes has been particularly developed
- Granier en Chartreuse
- Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse and Le Planolet
- Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse
- Col de Porte Script error: No such module "convert".
- Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse
- La Ruchère (cross-country skiing)
- Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet
- Col de Marcieu
- Col du Coq
Environment
- The Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse was founded in May 1995.
- The Réserve Naturelle des Hauts de Chartreuse was founded in 1997. It includes seven Isère townships and four Savoie townships.
Miscellaneous
The Chartreuse Mountains gave their name to the monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, the monastic Carthusian Order takes its name from these mountains, where its first hermitage was founded in 1084.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Also derived from the mountain range's name is that of the alcoholic cordial Chartreuse produced by the monks since the 1740s, and of the chartreuse colour, greenish hue of the Chartreuse liqueur, named after the drink.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st edition, 1888 s.v.
- ↑ Juan Luis García Alonso, Continental Celtic Word Formation: The Onomastic Data, p. 42
- ↑ Robert Ellis, A Treatise on Hannibal's Passage of the Alps, 1853, p. 174
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Chartreuse: A Walking Guide
- A Wiki-Walks guide to some less well known hiking routes in the Chartreuse
Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Template:Western AlpsTemplate:Authority control