Glacier de Blanchen
Located in Val de Bagnes, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°56′27″ N 7°27′47″ E
- Elevation
- 3,153 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport84 km
- MXP Milan Malpensa International Airport104 km
About Glacier de Blanchen
Glacier de Blanchen is a natural site. Location: Val de Bagnes, Entremont District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (84 km). Nearby sights include Pointe de Boette and Grand Blanchen.
Photos of Glacier de Blanchen
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Mont Blanc de Cheilon 4000er · Public domain -
La Ruinette Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Climate of Glacier de Blanchen
This month · November
A wet month
Day -5° · Night -10° · Rain 106 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 7°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -14°)
- Wettest month
- November (106 mm)
- Driest month
- July (68 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° | 0° | 1° | -2° | -5° | -10° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 96 | 94 | 98 | 95 | 93 | 77 | 68 | 77 | 72 | 94 | 106 | 97 |
How to get to Glacier de Blanchen
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 84 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 90 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 84 kmsouth
- Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) Ferno (VA) 104 kmeast
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 106 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 90 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 106 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 112 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 161 kmsouthwest
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 179 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier de Blanchen
Within 100 km: 90 historic and cultural sites, 4,422 natural sites, 515 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km550 places
- Le Gouillé Vert Lake 24 kmN
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 7 kmW
- Grand Lé Lake 24 kmW
- Lac des Dix Lake 14 kmN
25–60 km1,927 places
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 40 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 39 kmNW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 42 kmNW
- Daubensee Lake 54 kmN
60–100 km2,550 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 86 kmN
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 87 kmN
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 83 kmN
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 94 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Pointe de Boette Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.6 km S
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Grand Blanchen Mountain, Bionaz1 km SE
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Bec de la Sasse Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.7 km SW
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L'Aiguillette Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.7 km W
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Glacier de l'Aiguillette Natural site, Val de Bagnes1.1 km W
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Glacier d'Otemma Natural site, Switzerland1.7 km NW
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Glacier du Petit Mont Collon Natural site, Val de Bagnes2.2 km NE
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Pointes d'Oren Mountain, Bionaz2.9 km NE
More nature in Switzerland
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La Ruinette Mountain, Val de Bagnes6.4 km NW
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Petite Aouille Mountain, Val de Bagnes2.5 km SW
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Grand Epicoune Mountain, Val de Bagnes3.2 km SW
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Pointe des Portons Mountain, Val de Bagnes3.2 km NW
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Petit Mont Collon Mountain, Val de Bagnes3.3 km NE
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Glacier du Petit Mont Collon Natural site, Val de Bagnes2.8 km N
Sources & licences
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