Dauphiné Alps
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The Dauphiné Alps (Template:Langx) are a group of mountain ranges in Southeastern France, west of the main chain of the Alps. Mountain ranges within the Dauphiné Alps include the Massif des Écrins in Écrins National Park, Belledonne, Le Taillefer range and the mountains of Matheysine.
Etymology
The Dauphiné (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a former French province whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes.
Geography
They are separated from the Cottian Alps in the east by the Col du Galibier and the upper Durance valley; from the western Graian Alps (Vanoise Massif) in the north-east by the river Arc; from the lower ranges Vercors Plateau and Chartreuse Mountains in the west by the rivers Drac and Isère. Many peaks rise to more than Script error: No such module "convert"., with Barre des Écrins (4,102 m) the highest.
Administratively the French part of the range belongs to the French departments of Isère, Hautes-Alpes and Savoie.
The whole range is drained by the Rhone through its tributaries.
It has been proposed that the height of mountains in the Dauphiné Alps is limited by the erosion caused by small glaciers, causing a topographic effect called the glacial buzzsaw.[1]
Peaks
The chief peaks of the Dauphiné Alps are:
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Passes
The chief passes of the Dauphiné Alps are:
| name | location | type | elevation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | |||
| Brèche de la Meije | La Berarde to la Grave | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Brèche des Grandes Rousses | Allemont to Clavans | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Brèche de Valsenestre | Bourg d'Oisans to Valsenestre | footpath | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col Bayard | La Mure to Gap | road | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de la Casse Deserte | La Berarde to La Grave | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de la Croix de Fer | Bourg d'Oisans to Saint-Jean-d'Arves | road | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de la Croix Haute | Grenoble to Serres and Gap | road, railroad | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de la Lauze | Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans to La Grave | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de l'Alpe de Vénosc | Vénosc to Les Deux Alpes | bridle path | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de la Muande | St Christophe to the Val Gaudemar | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de la Muzelle | St Christophe to Valsenestre | footpath | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col d'Arsine | La Grave to Le Monêtier-les-Bains | bridle path | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de la Temple | La Berarde to Vallouise | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de la Vaurze | Val Gaudemar to Valjouffrey | footpath | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de l'Eychauda | Vallouise to Le Monêtier-les-Bains | bridle path | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de l'Infernet | La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves | footpath | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de Martignare | La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves | footpath | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col des Aiguilles d'Arves | Valloire to Saint-Jean-d'Arves | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col des Avalanches | La Berarde to Vallouise | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col des Ecrins | La Berarde to Vallouise | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col des Prés Nouveaux | Le Freney to Saint-Jean-d'Arves | bridle path | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col des Quirlies | Saint-Jean-d'Arves to Clavans | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col des Sept Laux | Allevard to Bourg d'Oisans | bridle path | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col des Tourettes | Orcières to Châteauroux-les-Alpes | bridle path | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de Val Estrete | Val Gaudemar to Champoléon | footpath | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col de Vallonpierre | Val Gaudemar to Champoléon | footpath | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col d'Orcières | Dormillouse to Orcières | bridle path | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col d'Ornon | Bourg d'Oisans to La Mure | road | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Clot des Cavales | La Berarde to La Grave | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Galibier | Col du Lautaret to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne | road | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Glacier Blanc | La Grave to Vallouise | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Glandon | Bourg d'Oisans to La Chambre | road | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Goleon | La Grave to Valloire | footpath | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Lautaret | Briançon to Bourg d'Oisans | road | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Loup du Valgaudemar | Vallouise to the Val Gaudemar | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Says | La Berarde to the Val Gaudemar | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Sele | La Berarde to Vallouise | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col du Sellar | Vallouise to the Val Gaudemar | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col Emile Pic | La Grave to Vallouise | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Col Lombard | La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves | snow | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
| Pas de la Cavale | Vallouise to Champoléon | dirt road | Script error: No such module "convert". | |
References
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Maps
- French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
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