Glacier de l'Arpont
Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°19′03″ N 6°45′46″ E
- Elevation
- 2,952 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport71 km
- CMF Chambéry Aix les Bains airport78 km
About Glacier de l'Arpont
Glacier de l'Arpont is a natural site. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (71 km). Nearby sights include Dôme de Chasseforêt and Dôme de l'Arpont.
Photos of Glacier de l'Arpont
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Petit Mont Blanc Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Grand Marchet Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Dôme de Chasseforêt Pierre Mondain-Monval · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Glacier de l'Arpont
This month · November
A wet month
Day -4° · Night -10° · Rain 144 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 10°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -14°)
- Wettest month
- November (144 mm)
- Driest month
- July (75 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -8° | -7° | -6° | -3° | 2° | 6° | 10° | 10° | 7° | 2° | -4° | -7° |
| Average low (°C) | -14° | -14° | -12° | -10° | -6° | -2° | 1° | 1° | -2° | -5° | -10° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 128 | 119 | 114 | 117 | 118 | 97 | 75 | 87 | 95 | 128 | 144 | 134 |
How to get to Glacier de l'Arpont
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 71 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 84 km to the west.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 71 kmeast
- Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 78 kmnorthwest
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 85 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 84 kmwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 109 kmnorthwest
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 134 kmnorth
- Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 155 kmwest
- Lyon Population: 520.8K 157 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier de l'Arpont
Within 100 km: 100 historic and cultural sites, 2,138 natural sites, 309 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km203 places
- Lac des Vaches Lake 9 kmN
- Lac Rond Lake 8 kmN
- Lac de la Plagne Lake 20 kmN
- Lac du Mont Cenis Lake 16 kmSE
25–60 km589 places
- Lacs de la Tempête Lake 38 kmNW
- Lac de Néal Lake 60 kmS
- Lac de la Motte Lake 54 kmW
- Le Grand Lac (Lac Bramant) Lake 47 kmW
60–100 km1,755 places
- Lac Mort Lake 83 kmW
- Lac de Fully Lake 99 kmN
- Lac d'Émosson Lake 86 kmN
- Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 99 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Val-Cenis Village, Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne6.2 km SE
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Termignon Village, Val-Cenis6.2 km SE
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Pralognan-la-Vanoise Village, Arrondissement of Albertville7.8 km NW
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Sollières-Sardières Village, Val-Cenis6.9 km SE
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La Fontanelle Village, Val-Cenis4.4 km SE
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Le Villard Village, Val-Cenis4.8 km SE
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Dôme de Chasseforêt Mountain, Val-Cenis1.5 km N
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Dôme de l'Arpont Mountain, Val-Cenis1.5 km W
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Dôme des Nants Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise1.9 km NW
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Glacier de la Dent Parrachée Natural site, Savoy2.2 km SW
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Pointe du Génépy Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise2.7 km SW
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Glaciers de la Vanoise Natural site, Savoy2.8 km N
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Glacier de la Mahure Natural site, Savoy2.8 km SW
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La Dent Parrachée Mountain, Val-Cenis3 km S
More nature in France
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Petit Mont Blanc Mountain, Courchevel7.4 km NW
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Grand Marchet Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise6.3 km N
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Dents de la Portetta Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise8.9 km NW -
Pointe de Rosoire Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise6.2 km W
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Glacier du Pelve Natural site, Savoy3.4 km N
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Roche Chevrière Mountain, Aussois4.2 km SW
Sources & licences
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