Glacier de Challand
Located in Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°57′06″ N 7°15′29″ E
- Elevation
- 3,160 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 Grande Aiguille 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 -
Mont Avril Olivier Bruchez from Lausanne, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Glacier de Challand
This month · November
A wet month
Day -5° · Night -10° · Rain 141 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 7°)
- 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) | -9° | -9° | -8° | -6° | -1° | 3° | 6° | 7° | 4° | 0° | -5° | -7° |
| Average low (°C) | -14° | -14° | -14° | -12° | -7° | -4° | -1° | 1° | -2° | -6° | -10° | -13° |
| 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 112 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 148 kmsouthwest
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 173 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, 4,146 natural sites, 478 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km606 places
- Lac d'Orny Lake 16 kmW
- Le Gouillé Vert Lake 23 kmN
- Lac de la Breye Lake 19 kmNW
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 9 kmE
25–60 km1,754 places
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 55 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 28 kmNW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 37 kmN
- Daubensee Lake 58 kmNE
60–100 km2,376 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 91 kmNE
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 92 kmNE
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 88 kmNE
- Ile de Salagnon Island 62 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Bourg-Saint-Pierre Village, Bourg-Saint-Pierre3.9 km W
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Val de Bagnes Municipality, Entremont District7.5 km NE
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Liddes Municipality, Entremont District6.2 km NW
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Liddes Village, Liddes7.1 km NW
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Palasuit (Liddes) Village, Liddes6.1 km NW
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Tunel Gd. St. Bernard Village, Bourg-Saint-Pierre7.3 km SW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Grande Aiguille Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.5 km E
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Aiguilles du Meitin Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.6 km NE
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L'Epée Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.6 km NE
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Glacier de Challand Natural site, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.5 km N
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Pointe de Challand Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.8 km NE
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Beaufort Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre1 km SW
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Le Moine Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre1.2 km SE
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Le Ritord Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre1.3 km N
Sources & licences
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