Glacier de la Grande Lire
Located in Val de Bagnes, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°56′44″ N 7°24′15″ E
- Elevation
- 3,147 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport85 km
- NCY Annecy Meythet airport101 km
About Glacier de la Grande Lire
Glacier de la Grande Lire is a natural site. Location: Val de Bagnes, Entremont District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (85 km). Nearby sights include Pointe de la Grande Lire and Pointe d'Otemma.
Photos of Glacier de la Grande Lire
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Mont Blanc de Cheilon 4000er · Public domain -
La Ruinette Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Mont Avril Olivier Bruchez from Lausanne, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Glacier de la Grande Lire
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) | -8° | -9° | -8° | -6° | -1° | 3° | 6° | 7° | 4° | 0° | -5° | -7° |
| Average low (°C) | -14° | -14° | -13° | -12° | -7° | -3° | 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 la Grande Lire
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 85 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 87 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 85 kmsouth
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 101 kmwest
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 105 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 87 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 101 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 111 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 157 kmsouthwest
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 180 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier de la Grande Lire
Within 100 km: 89 historic and cultural sites, 4,366 natural sites, 516 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km567 places
- Le Gouillé Vert Lake 23 kmN
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 2 kmNW
- Grand Lé Lake 20 kmW
- Lac de Champex Lake 24 kmNW
25–60 km1,904 places
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 44 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 35 kmNW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 40 kmN
- Daubensee Lake 55 kmN
60–100 km2,500 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 87 kmN
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 88 kmN
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 84 kmN
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 96 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Pointe de la Grande Lire Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.3 km NE
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Pointe d'Otemma Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.5 km SW
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Pointe de la Petite Lire Mountain, Val de Bagnes1.6 km NE
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Glacier du Brenay Natural site, Val de Bagnes2.1 km NE
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La Ruinette Mountain, Val de Bagnes3.7 km N
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Pointe des Portons Mountain, Val de Bagnes2.5 km NE
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Lac de Tsofeiret Lake, Val de Bagnes2.1 km NW
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Mont Durand Mountain, Val de Bagnes2.5 km W
Sources & licences
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