Glacier du Pelve
Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°20′52″ N 6°45′50″ E
- Elevation
- 2,899 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport71 km
- CMF Chambéry Aix les Bains airport76 km
About Glacier du Pelve
Glacier du Pelve is a natural site. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (71 km). Nearby sights include Dôme de Chasseforêt and Glaciers de la Vanoise.
Photos of Glacier du Pelve
Climate of Glacier du Pelve
This month · November
A wet month
Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 156 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 10°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- November (156 mm)
- Driest month
- July (83 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) | -7° | -7° | -6° | -4° | 2° | 6° | 10° | 10° | 7° | 2° | -3° | -6° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -13° | -12° | -10° | -5° | -2° | 1° | 2° | -1° | -4° | -9° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 140 | 132 | 126 | 127 | 127 | 105 | 83 | 95 | 100 | 135 | 156 | 147 |
How to get to Glacier du Pelve
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 76 kmnorthwest
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 83 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 84 kmwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 106 kmnorthwest
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 130 kmnorth
- Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 154 kmwest
- Lyon Population: 520.8K 156 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier du Pelve
Within 100 km: 105 historic and cultural sites, 2,215 natural sites, 315 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km201 places
- Lac des Vaches Lake 5 kmN
- Lac Rond Lake 5 kmNE
- Lac de la Plagne Lake 17 kmNE
- Lac du Mont Cenis Lake 18 kmSE
25–60 km596 places
- Lacs de la Tempête Lake 35 kmNW
- Lac de la Motte Lake 54 kmW
- Le Grand Lac (Lac Bramant) Lake 48 kmW
- Grand Lac du Laus Lake 60 kmS
60–100 km1,838 places
- Lac Mort Lake 84 kmSW
- Lac de Fully Lake 96 kmN
- Lac d'Émosson Lake 83 kmN
- Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 96 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Pralognan-la-Vanoise Village, Arrondissement of Albertville5 km NW
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Pralognan-la-Vanoise Village, Pralognan-la-Vanoise5.3 km NW
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Val-Cenis Village, Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne8.9 km SE
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Termignon Village, Val-Cenis9 km SE
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Planay Village, Arrondissement of Albertville9.8 km NW
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Les Granges Village, Pralognan-la-Vanoise6 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Dôme de Chasseforêt Mountain, Val-Cenis1.9 km S -
Glaciers de la Vanoise Natural site, Savoy1.1 km SW
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Mont Pelve Mountain, Val-Cenis1.5 km NE
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Pointe du Dard Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise1.9 km N
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Grand Marchet Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise3.2 km NW -
Dôme des Nants Mountain, Pralognan-la-Vanoise2.9 km SW
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Glacier de l'Arpont Natural site, Savoy3.4 km S
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Dôme de l'Arpont Mountain, Val-Cenis3.6 km SW
Sources & licences
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