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Natural site

Glacier de Saint-Sorlin

Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°10′00″ N 6°10′00″ E

Map showing the location of Glacier de Saint-Sorlin Glacier de Saint-Sorlin
Location in France
Elevation
2,743 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans
5.5 km S
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
CMF Chambéry Aix les Bains airport57 km
GNB Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport69 km

About Glacier de Saint-Sorlin

Glacier de Saint-Sorlin is a natural site. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The nearest airport is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (57 km). Nearby sights include Cimes de la Cochette and Cime du Grand Sauvage.

Climate of Glacier de Saint-Sorlin

This month · November

A wet month

Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 149 mm

Hottest month
August (day 12°)
Coldest month
January (night -14°)
Wettest month
November (149 mm)
Driest month
July (78 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).

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Climate of Glacier de Saint-Sorlin
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-7°-6°-4°-1°5°8°12°12°8°3°-3°-6°
Average low (°C)-14°-13°-11°-9°-5°-2°1°2°-1°-5°-9°-12°
Precipitation (mm)1271181101091171057890103129149138

How to get to Glacier de Saint-Sorlin

The nearest airport is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF), 57 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 36 km to the west.

Airports

  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 57 kmnorthwest
  • Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB) Grenoble 69 kmwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 85 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 36 kmwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 115 kmnorth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 121 kmnorthwest
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 122 kmnorthwest
  • Saint-Etienne Population: 176.3K 142 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Glacier de Saint-Sorlin

Within 100 km: 105 historic and cultural sites, 1,549 natural sites, 323 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km199 places

  • Lac du Vallon Lake 24 kmSW
  • Lac de la Muzelle Lake 25 kmS
  • Lac de la Motte Lake 11 kmNW
  • Le Grand Lac (Lac Bramant) Lake 4 kmN

25–60 km678 places

  • Lac Mort Lake 33 kmSW
  • St Alban Plage Beach 53 kmNW
  • Grande Île Island 51 kmNW
  • Petite Île Island 51 kmNW

60–100 km1,100 places

  • Clapes River 90 kmS
  • Plage de Menthon Saint Bernard Beach 77 kmN
  • Plage d'Albigny Beach 82 kmN
  • Plage St Jorioz Beach 75 kmN

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