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Natural site

Glacier Supérieur du Vallonnet

Located in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°20′19″ N 7°05′00″ E

Map showing the location of Glacier Supérieur du Vallonnet Glacier Supérieur du Vallonnet
Location in France
Elevation
3,305 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Bonneval-sur-Arc
4.6 km NW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport47 km
CUF Cuneo International Airport98 km

About Glacier Supérieur du Vallonnet

Glacier Supérieur du Vallonnet is a natural site. Location: Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (47 km). Nearby sights include Ouille du Midi and Pointe du Colerin.

Climate of Glacier Supérieur du Vallonnet

This month · November

A wet month

Day -6° · Night -10° · Rain 133 mm

Hottest month
August (day 7°)
Coldest month
February (night -15°)
Wettest month
November (133 mm)
Driest month
July (71 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 Supérieur du Vallonnet
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-10°-10°-9°-7°-2°2°7°7°4°-1°-6°-8°
Average low (°C)-15°-15°-14°-12°-8°-4°-1°0°-3°-6°-10°-13°
Precipitation (mm)12011211511611287718386116133120

How to get to Glacier Supérieur du Vallonnet

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 47 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 109 km to the west.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 47 kmeast
  • Cuneo International Airport (CUF) Levaldigi (CN) 98 kmsoutheast
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 100 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 109 kmwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 121 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 135 kmnorth
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 179 kmwest
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 180 kmwest

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

Day trips from Glacier Supérieur du Vallonnet

Within 100 km: 68 historic and cultural sites, 2,353 natural sites, 286 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km106 places

  • Lac des Vaches Lake 25 kmW
  • Lac Rond Lake 23 kmW
  • Lac de la Plagne Lake 24 kmNW
  • Lac du Mont Cenis Lake 16 kmSW

25–60 km467 places

  • Lac du Gd. St. Bernard Lake 59 kmN
  • Grand Golliat Mountain 58 kmN
  • Aiguille des Sasses Mountain 58 kmN
  • Tête Verte Mountain 60 kmN

60–100 km2,134 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 93 kmN
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 84 kmN
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 93 kmN
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 74 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Bonneval-sur-Arc Village, Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
    4.6 km NW
  • Bonneval-sur-Arc Village, Bonneval-sur-Arc
    4.7 km NW
  • Bessans Village, Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
    7.3 km W
  • Avérole Village, Bessans
    4.2 km S
  • L'Écot Village, Bonneval-sur-Arc
    4.5 km N
  • Bessans Village, Bessans
    7.3 km W

Nearby attractions & nature

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