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Lac Profond

Located in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region Coordinates: 44°43′30″ N 6°20′36″ E

Map showing the location of Lac Profond Lac Profond
Location in France
Elevation
2,470 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Orcières
4.7 km S
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Airports
CUF Cuneo International Airport103 km
GNB Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport107 km

About Lac Profond

Lac Profond is a lake. Location: Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region. Elevation: 2,470 m. The nearest airport is Cuneo International Airport (103 km). Nearby sights include Lac Long and Lac des Sirènes.

Climate of Lac Profond

This month · November

A wet month

Day 0° · Night -6° · Rain 146 mm

Hottest month
August (day 15°)
Coldest month
January (night -10°)
Wettest month
November (146 mm)
Driest month
July (62 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 Lac Profond
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-4°-4°-2°0°6°10°14°15°11°5°0°-3°
Average low (°C)-10°-10°-8°-6°-2°1°5°5°2°-1°-6°-8°
Precipitation (mm)12911010811311789627996132146132

How to get to Lac Profond

The nearest airport is Cuneo International Airport (CUF), 103 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Grenoble, 71 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Cuneo International Airport (CUF) Levaldigi (CN) 103 kmeast
  • Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB) Grenoble 107 kmnorthwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 108 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 71 kmnorthwest
  • Nice Population: 342.7K 135 kmsoutheast
  • Aix-en-Provence Population: 146.8K 151 kmsouthwest
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 163 kmnorthwest
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 164 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Lac Profond

Within 100 km: 87 historic and cultural sites, 1,549 natural sites, 271 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km160 places

  • Lac Faravel Lake 6 kmE
  • Lac Palluel Lake 6 kmE
  • Grand Lac des Estaris Lake 1 kmN
  • Lac de la Dublée Lake 9 kmS

25–60 km701 places

  • Lac Mort Lake 55 kmNW
  • Clapes River 40 kmS
  • Lac Premier Lake 44 kmSE
  • Lac Vert Lake 38 kmSE

60–100 km1,046 places

  • Lakes of Vens Lake 65 kmSE
  • Lac des Vaches Lake 82 kmNE
  • Lacs de Ténibres Lake 70 kmSE
  • Lac Rond Lake 82 kmNE

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