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Grandes Jorasses, France/Italy
Prominence: 852 m, 2796 ft
Elevation: 4208 meters, 13,806 feet
True Isolation: 7.81 km, 4.85 mi
Highest Summit
Pointe Walker
Subpeaks
Grandes Jorasses-Pointe Whymper
(4184 m/13,727 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
45° 52' 7'' N, 6° 59' 18'' E
45.868549, 6.988343 (Dec Deg)
343865 E 5081410 N, Zone 32 (UTM)
Country
France
Italy
State/Province
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Valle d’Aosta
County/Second Level Region
Haute-Savoie
Aosta
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From the lower Vallée Blanche ski route, the massive Aiguille du Tacul dominates the view. The Aiguille de Rochefort is the pointy peak to the right, and the famous Grandes Jorasses is in the background to the left (1996-03-12).
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 852 m/2796 ft
Optimistic Prominence
: 852 m/2796 ft
Line Parent
:
Mont Maudit
Key Col
: Col du Géant 3356 m/11,010 ft
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 7.81 km/4.85 mi
Isolation Limit Point
: 45.8567, 6.8892
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Mont Blanc du Tacul
(W)
Ranges
Continent:
Europe
Range2:
Alps
Range3:
Western Alps
Range4:
Savoy Alps
Range5:
Mont Blanc Massif
Drainage Basins
Po
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
First Ascent
June 30, 1868
Melchior Anderegg
Julien Grange
Johan Juan
Horace Walker
Data Source
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