Glacier de Challand
Located in Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°57′23″ N 7°15′21″ E
- Elevation
- 3,060 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport89 km
- NCY Annecy Meythet airport90 km
About Glacier de Challand
Glacier de Challand is a natural site. Location: Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (89 km). Nearby sights include Pointe de Challand and Aiguilles du Meitin.
Photos of Glacier de Challand
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Mont Vélan Herzi Pinki · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Mont Rogneux Dribagnac · CC BY 3.0 -
Combin de Corbassière Ne9218 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Glacier de Challand
This month · November
A wet month
Day -4° · Night -9° · Rain 141 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 8°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -14°)
- Wettest month
- November (141 mm)
- Driest month
- July (86 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) | -8° | -8° | -7° | -5° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 8° | 5° | 0° | -4° | -7° |
| Average low (°C) | -14° | -14° | -13° | -11° | -7° | -3° | 0° | 1° | -2° | -5° | -9° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 128 | 125 | 125 | 122 | 118 | 99 | 86 | 95 | 90 | 121 | 141 | 133 |
How to get to Glacier de Challand
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 89 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 79 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 89 kmsouth
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 90 kmwest
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 94 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 79 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 90 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 111 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 148 kmsouthwest
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 172 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier de Challand
Within 100 km: 112 historic and cultural sites, 4,148 natural sites, 481 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km608 places
- Lac d'Orny Lake 15 kmW
- Le Gouillé Vert Lake 23 kmN
- Lac de la Breye Lake 19 kmNW
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 10 kmE
25–60 km1,764 places
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 55 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 28 kmNW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 36 kmN
- Daubensee Lake 58 kmNE
60–100 km2,369 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 91 kmNE
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 91 kmNE
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 87 kmNE
- Ile de Salagnon Island 61 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Bourg-Saint-Pierre Village, Bourg-Saint-Pierre3.8 km W
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Liddes Municipality, Entremont District5.8 km NW
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Val de Bagnes Municipality, Entremont District7.2 km NE
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Liddes Village, Liddes6.7 km NW
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Palasuit (Liddes) Village, Liddes5.6 km NW
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Tunel Gd. St. Bernard Village, Bourg-Saint-Pierre7.6 km SW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Pointe de Challand Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.6 km E
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Aiguilles du Meitin Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.6 km E
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Glacier de Challand Natural site, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.5 km S
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Le Ritord Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.7 km N
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L'Epée Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.8 km E
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Grande Aiguille Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre1 km SE
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Les Six Rouges Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre1 km W
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Beaufort Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre1.3 km SW
Sources & licences
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