Grated Alps

Grated Alps
Massifs of the Western Alps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Legend 1: Massif du Chablais 2: Solid Giffre 3: Aiguilles Rouges 4: Massif des Bornes 5: Chaine des Aravis 6: Bauges 7: Chartreuse 8: Mont Blanc 9: Massif Beaufortain 10: Alps grated 11: Massif de la Lauzire 12: Massif de la Vanoise 13: Gran Paradiso massif 14: Belledonne 15: Grandes Rousses 16: Massif des Arves 17: Massif du Taillefer 18: Massif des Ecrins 19: Mont-Cenis 20: Massive Cerces 21: Massif du Queyras 22: Alps Cottian 23: Massif Ubaye 24: Massif de l'Orrenaye 25: Massif du Vercors 26: Massive Diois 27: Massive Dvoluy 28: Bochaine 29: Baronnies 30: Monts de Vaucluse 31: Massif des Trois-bishoprics 32: foothills of Digne 33: foothills of Castellane 34: Massif du Mercantour 35: Massif Argentera 36: Massif Pelat 37: Nice Alps 38: Ligurian Alps 39: Massif du Luberon 40: Massif des Alpilles 41: Montagne Sainte-Victoire 42: Massif de la Sainte-Baume
Geography
Altitude	3752 m, Pointe de Charbonnel
Solid	Alps
Administration
Country	France Italy
Region Regions	Rhone-Alpes Piedmont , Valle d'Aosta
Department Province	Savoy Turin
Geology
Rocks	Metamorphic rocks
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Grated or the Alps Alps grayi (Italian: denote a subset and a massive Alps French - Italian straddling the regions of Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont and the department of Savoie , which can be added the Haute-Savoie and the canton of Valais.

National Parks of the Vanoise and Gran Paradiso cover part of the massif and are at the junction of Great Aiguille Rousse.

Situation

The Alps are between grated collars Border Grand Ferret and Mont Cenis and fall between the Pennine Alps in the north and the Alps Cottian south. They are drained chiefly by the Isre ( Tarentaise ), the Arc ( Maurienne ) and Arve one hand, the Dora , the Orco and Stura di Lanzo other.

They are formed by the massive Mont Blanc , the Beaufortain , the Lauzire , the Vanoise and Gran Paradiso.

Therefore, the term usually refers exclusively grated Alps massif straddles the border, south of the Col du Petit Saint Bernard , which is attached the link of Charbonnel (central zone).

Major peaks

Only the tops of the central area are listed below:

• the Pointe de Charbonnel , 3752 m, highest mountain
• the needle of the Great Sassire , 3747 m
• the Great Ciamarella , 3676 m
• the Albaron , 3637 m
• The Levanna Central, 3619 m
• Pointe du Nant Cruet, 3605 m
• Tsanteleina, 3602 m
• Levanna the West, 3593 m
• the Bessanese, 3592 m
• Point of Flat Chamois, 3567 m
• The Levanna East, 3555 m
• Ouch of the Arbron, 3554 m
• Little Ciamarella, 3549 m
• Red Cross, 3541 m
• Point of Arnas, 3540 m
• Rochemelon , 3538 m
• Chalanson Punta, 3530 m
• the tips of Grand Fond, 3528 m
• Point of Ribon, 3527 m
• Great Traversiere, 3496 m
• Point of Arcelle, 3493 m
• Ruitor head , 3486 m
• Grande Aiguille Rousse, 3482 m
• Pointe du Colerin, 3476 m
• the tips of the Great Felouse, 3473 m
• the tip of Tierce , 2973 m

Passes

The principal passes are ordered in the table below.

• "MB" to the Mont-Blanc
• "C" for the central zone,
• "GP" for the Gran Paradiso massif
• "V" for the Vanoise massif.

Geology

The massif is composed mainly of crystalline rocks and sedimentary all having a past metamorphic. It is particularly shale chandeliers, ophiolites (that is to say serpentinites and prasinites ) and gneiss augen.

History

Located on the ancient land of Ceutrons , origin of the name comes from the Alps grated Roman times, where the Alpine was administered by Rome as a province. The important task was to govern provinces Alpine passes and access roads. The province Graiae Alps had two great passes under his authority: the Col du Mont Cenis at the south end and especially the neck of the Little St. Bernard , then located near its eastern edge.

The administrative history of the Roman province , which had its capital in Love (Axim), remains unclear. The Alps are sometimes referred to as Graie Atrectiennes Alps and they are attached, in the third century at the latest, the Pennine Alps , an association that persisted during the late Roman Empire ^Activities

Stations Winter Sports

Only the stations in the central area are listed below:

• Ala di Stura (Italy)
• Bonneval-sur-Arc
• La Rosire 1850
• La Thuile (Italy)
• Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
• Val d'Isere

Notes

See also

Related articles

• Greek Alps
• Geography of the Western Alps

External Links

• Portal Mountain
• Portal Alps
• Ancient Rome portal
• Portal Savoy
• Portal Valais
• Portal de la Valle d'Aoste
• Piedmont portal

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