Bionnassay Glacier

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Bionnassay Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the western flank of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.


Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alpine glacier
glacier
affectedBy climate change
climateZone alpine climate
continent Europe
country France
department Haute-Savoie
drainageDirection northwest
experiences glacial retreat
feeds Torrent de Bionnassay
flowsFrom Aiguille de Bionnassay
Dôme du Goûter
surface form: "Dôme du Goûter area"
geology Mont Blanc granite
glacierType valley glacier
hasPhotoSubject Aiguille de Bionnassay north face
hazard crevasses
seracs
hydrologicalBasin Arve River
surface form: "Arve River basin"
languageOfToponym French
locatedIn Alps
surface form: "French Alps"

Mont Blanc massif
mountainRange Alps
namedAfter Aiguille de Bionnassay
near Aiguille de Bionnassay
Dôme du Goûter
Mont Blanc
nearSettlement Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
surface form: "Les Contamines-Montjoie"

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
partOf Mont-Blanc massif glacial system
Western Alps glaciation zone
positionOnMassif western flank of the Mont Blanc massif
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: "Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes"
subjectOf glaciological studies of Mont Blanc massif
tourismActivity alpine climbing
ski mountaineering
usedFor high-altitude glacier travel
mountaineering access routes
valley Vallée de Montjoie

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mont Blanc hasGlacier Bionnassay Glacier