Mont Blanc Massif

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The Mont Blanc Massif (Italian: Massiccio del Monte Bianco; French: Massif du Mont-Blanc) is a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. It is named after the Mont Blanc, at 4,808m the highest summit of the Alps. It is located in France (Haute-Savoie and Savoie), Italy (Aosta Valley), and Switzerland (western Valais). The Mont Blanc Massif is sometimes considered to be part of either the Pennine Alps or the Graian Alps.

The Col Ferret separates it from the Pennine Alps; the Little St Bernard Pass separates it from the Graian Alps; the Arve valley separates it from the Aiguilles Rouges and the French Prealps.

The French side of the Mont Blanc Massif is drained by the rivers Arve and Isère. The Italian side is drained by the river Dora Baltea. The Swiss side is drained by left tributaries of the river Rhône.

[edit] Peaks

The main peaks of the Mont Blanc Massif are:

Name	metres	feet	Name	metres	feet
Mont Blanc	4,808	15,774	Aiguille du Tacul	3,438	11,280
Mont Maudit	4,465	14,648	Pointe d'Orny	3,274	10,742
Dôme du Goûter	4,331	14,210	Dents du Midi	3,260	10,696
Grandes Jorasses	4,208	13,806	Mont Favre	3,259	10,693
Aiguille Verte	4,122	13,523	Tour Sallière	3,227	10,588
Aiguille de Bionnassay	4,066	13,341	Pointe de Léchaud	3,127	10,260
Dent du Géant	4,013	13,166	Mont Buet	3,109	10,201
Trélatête	3,911	12,832	Mont Ruan	3,078	10,099
Aiguille d'Argentière	3,907	12,819	Pic de Tenneverge	2,982	9,784
Aiguille de Triolet	3,876	12,717	Aiguille du Belvédère (Aigs Rouges)	2,966	9,731
Aiguille du Midi	3,843	12,609	Crammont	2,737	8,980
Tour Noir	3,836	12,586	Pointe des Fours	2,719	8,921
Aiguille des Glaciers	3,834	12,579	Pointe du Colloney	2,692	8,832
Mont Dolent	3,823	12,543	Catogne	2,599	8,527
Aiguille du Chardonnet	3,822	12,540	Mont Joly	2,527	8,291
Aiguille du Dru	3,754	12,316	Brevent	2,525	8,284
Dômes de Miage	3,688	12,100	Pointe de Sales	2,494	8,183
Aiguille du Tour	3,540	11,615	Aiguille de Varan	2,488	8,163
Aiguille du Grépon	3,502	11,489	Mont Chetif	2,343	7,687
Aiguille des Charmoz	3,442	11,293

[edit] Passes

The main passes of the Mont Blanc Massif are shown in the table below.

name	location	type	elevation (m/ft)
Col de la Brenva	Courmayeur to Chamonix	snow	4,333	14,217
Col de Triolet	Chamonix to Courmayeur	snow	3,691	12,110
Col d'Argentière	Chamonix to Orsières	snow	3,516	11,536
Col de Talefre	Chamonix to Courmayeur	snow	3,484	11,430
Col de Miage	Les Contamines to Courmayeur	snow	3,376	11,077
Col du Géant	Chamonix to Courmayeur	snow	3,371	11,060
Col du Chardonnet	Chamonix to Orsières	snow	3,325	10,909
Col du Tour	Chamonix to Orsières	snow	3,280	10,762
Fenetre de Saleinaz	Saleinaz Glacier to Trient Glacier	snow	3,264	10,709
Col de Breuil	Bourg-Saint-Maurice to La Thuile	snow	2,879	9,446
Col du Mont Tondu	Les Contamines to Courmayeur	snow	2,590	8,498
Col Ferret	Courmayeur to Orsières	bridle path	2,533	8,311
Col de la Seigne	Les Chapieux to Courmayeur	bridle path	2,512	8,242
Col de Susanfe	Champéry to Salvan	foot path	2,500	8,202
Col du Bonhomme	Contamines to Les Chapieux	bridle path	2,483	8,147
Col de Sageroux	Sixt to Champéry	foot path	2,413	7,917
Col d'Anterne	Sixt to Servoz	bridle path	2,263	7,425
Col de Balme	Chamonix to the Trient Valley	bridle path	2,201	7,221
Little St Bernard Pass	Aosta to Moûtiers	road	2188	7179
Colle Checrouit	Courmayeur to the Lac de Combal	bridle path	1,960	6,431
Col de Voza	Chamonix to Les Contamines	bridle path	1,675	5,496
Col de la Forclaz (F)	Chamonix to Saint-Gervais	bridle path	1,556	5,105
Col de la Forclaz (CH)	Argentière to Martigny	road	1,520	4,987