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Natural site

Glacier du Baounet

Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°15′14″ N 7°07′09″ E

Map showing the location of Glacier du Baounet Glacier du Baounet
Location in France
Elevation
3,004 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Usseglio
7.8 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport42 km
CUF Cuneo International Airport88 km

About Glacier du Baounet

Glacier du Baounet is a natural site. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (42 km). Nearby sights include Croix Rousse and Ouille d'Arbéron.

Climate of Glacier du Baounet

This month · November

A wet month

Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 121 mm

Hottest month
August (day 10°)
Coldest month
February (night -13°)
Wettest month
November (121 mm)
Driest month
July (64 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
Climate of Glacier du Baounet
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-6°-7°-6°-3°2°6°9°10°6°2°-3°-5°
Average low (°C)-12°-13°-12°-10°-6°-2°2°3°-1°-4°-9°-11°
Precipitation (mm)11010210411010782647783111121109

How to get to Glacier du Baounet

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 42 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 111 km to the west.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 42 kmeast
  • Cuneo International Airport (CUF) Levaldigi (CN) 88 kmsoutheast
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 106 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 111 kmwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 130 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 145 kmnorth
  • Nice Population: 342.7K 173 kmsouth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 184 kmwest

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

Day trips from Glacier du Baounet

Within 100 km: 66 historic and cultural sites, 2,065 natural sites, 257 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km81 places

  • Lac du Mont Cenis Lake 15 kmW
  • Pointe de Méan-Martin Mountain 16 kmNW
  • Roc du Véfret Mountain 18 kmNW
  • Pointe de Soliet Mountain 12 kmW

25–60 km442 places

  • Lac des Vaches Lake 31 kmNW
  • Lac Rond Lake 29 kmNW
  • Lac de la Plagne Lake 33 kmNW
  • Lac Long Lake 30 kmNW

60–100 km1,865 places

  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 94 kmN
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 83 kmN
  • Lac de la Breye Lake 87 kmN
  • Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 80 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Usseglio Municipality, Province of Turin
    7.8 km E
  • Margone Village, Usseglio
    6.8 km SE
  • Crot Village, Usseglio
    7.1 km E
  • Perinera Village, Usseglio
    7.2 km SE
  • Quagliera Village, Usseglio
    6.9 km SE
  • Usseglio Village, Usseglio
    8.3 km E

Nearby attractions & nature

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Sources & licences

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