Mont Blanc massif

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The Mont Blanc massif is a prominent mountain range in the Alps, straddling France, Italy, and Switzerland, known for its towering peaks, extensive glaciers, and status as a major destination for mountaineering and alpine tourism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf massif
mountain range
administrativeRegion Aosta Valley
Haute-Savoie
Valais
borders Aiguilles Rouges
Graian Alps
Pennine Alps
surface form: Valais Alps
climate alpine climate
contains Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey
Aiguille Noire de Peuterey
Aiguille Verte
Aiguille Verte
surface form: Aiguille Verte north face

Aiguille de Bionnassay
Aiguille de Tré la Tête
Aiguille des Grands Charmoz
Aiguille du Midi
Aiguille du Plan
Brenva Glacier
Brenva face
Dôme du Goûter
Frêney face
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier du Géant
Glacier d’Argentière
Grandes Jorasses
Grandes Jorasses north face
Les Drus
Les Drus west face
Mer de Glace
Miage Glacier
Miage range
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc du Tacul
Mont Maudit
Tré-la-Tête Glacier
Vallée Blanche ski route
surface form: Vallée Blanche
containsRoute Brenva Spur
Dent du Géant
surface form: Frêney Pillar

Goûter Route
Innominata Ridge
Peuterey Integral
Trois Monts Route
containsTrail Tour du Mont Blanc
country France
Italy
Switzerland
crossedBy Mont Blanc Tunnel
Skyway Monte Bianco cable car
surface form: Mont Blanc cable car system

Mont Blanc Tunnel
surface form: Mont Blanc road tunnel
feature extensive glaciers
high alpine environment
sharp ridges
steep rock faces
geology gneiss
granite
hasProminence very high topographic prominence
highestElevation 15774 feet
4808.7 metres
approximately 4810 metres
highestPoint Mont Blanc
knownFor alpine climbing
glacier tourism
high-altitude hiking
mountaineering
off-piste skiing
ski mountaineering
locatedIn Alps
near Chamonix
Courmayeur
Les Houches
Martigny
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Vallorcine
notableFor being one of the most visited mountain areas in the world
hosting classic north faces of the Alps
partOf Alps
surface form: French Alps

Alps
surface form: Italian Alps

Alps
surface form: Swiss Alps

Alps
surface form: Western Alps
straddlesBorder French–Italian border
surface form: France–Italy border

France–Switzerland border
Italian–Swiss border
surface form: Italy–Switzerland border
tourismType alpine tourism destination

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Goûter Needle locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Goûter Needle mountainRange Mont Blanc massif
Nid d'Aigle station locatedInMountainRange Mont Blanc massif
Nid d'Aigle station hasViewOf Mont Blanc massif
Mont-Blanc region contains Mont Blanc massif
Le Fayet locatedNear Mont Blanc massif
Col de Voza partOf Mont Blanc massif
Col de Voza range Mont Blanc massif
Tête Rousse area partOf Mont Blanc massif
Goûter ridge locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Les Flammes de Pierre locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Les Flammes de Pierre locatedInProtectedArea Mont Blanc massif
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc area
North face of Les Drus locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Frendo Spur on Aiguille du Midi locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
subject surface form: Frendo Spur
Aiguille des Pélerins locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Aiguille du Grépon locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Aiguille de Roc locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Joseph Vallot locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
subject surface form: Vallot Observatory
Petit Dru locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
James Walker Hartley locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
subject surface form: Aiguille du Dru
North Couloir locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
American Direct on the west face locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Bonatti Pillar (historical, largely destroyed) locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
subject surface form: Bonatti Pillar
Grand Dru locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Arête du Moine locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Whymper Couloir locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Jardin Ridge locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Pointe Croux locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Refuge de la Charpoua locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Sentinelle Rouge route locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Güssfeldt route locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Peuterey ridge locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Grand Pilier d’Angle locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Walker Spur locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Colton-MacIntyre route locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Shroud (Le Linceul) locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
No Siesta locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Gousseault-Desmaison route locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Arête des Grands Montets locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Bionnassay valley locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Croz Spur locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Col de la Seigne locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Grand Col Ferret locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Bivouac de la Fourche locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Les Contamines-Montjoie locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Bossons Glacier locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Vallée Blanche glacier locatedIn Mont Blanc massif
Col du Midi locatedIn Mont Blanc massif