Glacier des Bouquetins
Located in Evolène, Hérens District Coordinates: 45°58′36″ N 7°32′05″ E
- Elevation
- 3,009 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport87 km
- MXP Milan Malpensa International Airport100 km
About Glacier des Bouquetins
Glacier des Bouquetins is a natural site. Location: Evolène, Hérens District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (87 km). Nearby sights include Pointe Barnes and Dents des Bouquetins Sud.
Photos of Glacier des Bouquetins
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Tête Blanche Jackph · Public domain -
Punta Lioy Manuel Conrad · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Punta Margherita SteGrifo27 · CC BY 3.0 -
Punta Carrel Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Tour de Créton SteGrifo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Glacier des Bouquetins
This month · November
A cold month
Day -4° · Night -9° · Rain 90 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 8°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- November (90 mm)
- Driest month
- July (61 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) | -7° | -8° | -7° | -5° | 0° | 4° | 7° | 8° | 5° | 1° | -4° | -6° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -13° | -13° | -11° | -6° | -3° | 1° | 2° | -1° | -5° | -9° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 80 | 77 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 70 | 61 | 70 | 66 | 85 | 90 | 80 |
How to get to Glacier des Bouquetins
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 87 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 92 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 87 kmsouth
- Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) Ferno (VA) 100 kmeast
- Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 104 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 92 kmnorthwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 108 kmnorth
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 110 kmwest
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 167 kmsouthwest
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 173 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier des Bouquetins
Within 100 km: 81 historic and cultural sites, 4,618 natural sites, 545 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km601 places
- Le Gouillé Vert Lake 23 kmNW
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 12 kmW
- Gornergratsee Lake 19 kmE
- Gouille de la Grand-Rionde Lake 24 kmN
25–60 km1,997 places
- Oeschinen Lake Lake 60 kmN
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 34 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 41 kmNW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 42 kmNW
60–100 km2,646 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 81 kmN
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 81 kmN
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 78 kmN
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 88 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Arolla Village, Evolène6.7 km NW
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Breuil-Cervinia Village, Valtournenche8.9 km SE
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La Monta Village, Evolène7.2 km NW
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Lago Bleu Village, Valtournenche8.8 km SE
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Les Perreres Centrale Village, Valtournenche9.9 km SE
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Valtournenche Municipality, Province of Aosta13 km SE
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Pointe Barnes Mountain, Aosta Valley0.5 km E
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Dents des Bouquetins Sud Mountain, Aosta Valley0.6 km E
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Petit Bouquetin Mountain, Bionaz0.6 km E
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Dents des Bouquetins Central Mountain, Evolène1.1 km NE
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Glacier des Bouquetins Natural site, Evolène0.6 km N
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Grande Arête Mountain, Aosta Valley1.2 km SE
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Grand Bouquetin Mountain, Valais1 km NE
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Bouquetins Mountain, Evolène1.1 km NE
More nature in Switzerland
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Tête Blanche Mountain, Evolène3.3 km E
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Dents des Bouquetins Nord Mountain, Evolène1.4 km NE
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Haut Glacier d'Arolla Natural site, Evolène1.3 km SW
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Mont Collon Mountain, Evolène2.1 km W
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Dents de Bertol Mountain, Evolène2.3 km N
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Le Chancelier Mountain, Evolène2.4 km W
Sources & licences
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