Glacier des Petoudes
Located in Trient, Martigny District Coordinates: 46°00′46″ N 7°00′45″ E
- Elevation
- 2,494 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- NCY Annecy Meythet airport71 km
- GVA Geneva International Airport74 km
About Glacier des Petoudes
Glacier des Petoudes is a natural site. Location: Trient, Martigny District. The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (71 km). Nearby sights include Glacier des Petoudes and Croix des Berons.
Photos of Glacier des Petoudes
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Aiguille du Chardonnet O.Taris · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Aiguille du Passon Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Bec de Lachat Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
L'Aiguillettes des Possettes Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0
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Climate of Glacier des Petoudes
This month · November
A wet month
Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 120 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 12°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- December (124 mm)
- Driest month
- September (84 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) | -6° | -5° | -2° | 1° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 12° | 8° | 3° | -3° | -5° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -12° | -10° | -8° | -3° | 0° | 2° | 2° | -1° | -4° | -9° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 116 | 94 | 90 | 99 | 106 | 90 | 93 | 84 | 107 | 120 | 124 |
How to get to Glacier des Petoudes
The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), 71 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Geneva International Airport (GVA) (74 km). The nearest large city is Lausanne, 63 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 71 kmwest
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 74 kmwest
- Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 97 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 63 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 70 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 109 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 137 kmsouthwest
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 157 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier des Petoudes
Within 100 km: 133 historic and cultural sites, 3,894 natural sites, 489 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km671 places
- Lac de Fully Lake 19 kmN
- Lac d'Émosson Lake 11 kmNW
- Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 19 kmN
- Lac d'Orny Lake 4 kmE
25–60 km1,523 places
- Ile de Salagnon Island 49 kmN
- Lac de Derborence Lake 34 kmNE
- Arnensee Lake 45 kmN
- Lauenensee Lake 49 kmNE
60–100 km2,322 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 96 kmNE
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 96 kmNE
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 92 kmNE
- Ile d'Ogoz Island 76 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Trient Village, Trient5.2 km N
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Martigny-Combe Municipality, Martigny District6.6 km N
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Vallorcine Village, Arrondissement de Bonneville6.6 km W
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Orsières Municipality, Entremont District8.2 km SE
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Vallorcine Village, Vallorcine6.6 km W
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Martigny-Combe Village, Martigny-Combe7.8 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Glacier des Petoudes Natural site, Trient0.3 km SW
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Croix des Berons Mountain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes1.6 km W
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Glacier du Trient Natural site, Trient1.2 km SE
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Glacier des Grands Natural site, Trient1.2 km SW
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Le Pissoir Mountain, Trient1.4 km S
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Col du Midi Mountain, Trient1.6 km S
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Tronc du Berger Mountain, Trient1.6 km NW
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Aiguille du Genépi Mountain, Chamonix1.7 km SW
Sources & licences
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