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Mountain

Pointe des Plines

Located in Orsières, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°58′50″ N 7°03′19″ E

Map showing the location of Pointe des Plines Pointe des Plines
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
3,056 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Orsières
8.7 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
NCY Annecy Meythet airport74 km
GVA Geneva International Airport79 km

About Pointe des Plines

Pointe des Plines is a mountain. Location: Orsières, Entremont District. Elevation: 3,056 m. The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Glacier des Plines and Glacier des Plines.

Climate of Pointe des Plines

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -9° · Rain 164 mm

Hottest month
August (day 8°)
Coldest month
February (night -14°)
Wettest month
November (164 mm)
Driest month
July (99 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 Pointe des Plines
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-7°-6°-1°3°7°8°4°0°-5°-7°
Average low (°C)-14°-14°-13°-11°-6°-3°0°1°-1°-5°-9°-12°
Precipitation (mm)14914614313913411499107103138164156

How to get to Pointe des Plines

The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), 74 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Geneva International Airport (GVA) (79 km). The nearest large city is Lausanne, 68 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 74 kmwest
  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 79 kmwest
  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 98 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 68 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 75 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 112 kmnorth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 137 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 162 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Pointe des Plines

Within 100 km: 130 historic and cultural sites, 3,894 natural sites, 483 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km659 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 22 kmN
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 16 kmNW
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 22 kmN
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 3 kmNE

25–60 km1,525 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 53 kmN
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 35 kmN
  • Arnensee Lake 47 kmN
  • Lauenensee Lake 51 kmNE

60–100 km2,323 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 97 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 97 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 93 kmNE
  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 80 kmN

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