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The '''Tour Isabelle''' double arch, also named the '''Tour Percée''' arch, is a double [[natural arch]], located in the [[Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse]], [[Chartreuse Mountains]], France. |
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Its span is {{convert|32|m|ft|0}}, which makes it the biggest natural arch in the [[Alps]]. |
Its span is {{convert|32|m|ft|0}}, which makes it the biggest natural arch in the [[Alps]]. |
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Located in a very remote area, with a difficult and dangerous access, very few [[guide book]]s, even the most recent ones, mention its existence. |
Located in a very remote area, with a difficult and dangerous access, very few [[guide book]]s, even the most recent ones, mention its existence. |
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File:Dawn on Tour Isabelle (South face).jpg|Dawn on Tour Isabelle (South face) |
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File:Tour Isabelle in the Spring time.jpg|Tour Isabelle in the Spring time |
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File:Tour Isabelle neighboring skulls.jpg|Tour Isabelle neighboring skulls |
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File:Tour_Isabelle_right_after_dawn.jpg|Tour Isabelle right after dawn |
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File:Tour Isabelle with person over main arch to give scale.jpg|Tour Isabelle with person sitting above the main arch to give scale |
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File:Tour Isabelle with person under main arch to give scale.jpg|Tour Isabelle with person standing under main arch to give scale |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Natural arches of France]] |
[[Category:Natural arches of France]] |
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[[Category:Geography of Isère]] |
[[Category:Geography of Isère]] |
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Revision as of 11:45, 12 June 2019
45°22′10″N 5°54′17″E / 45.36944°N 5.90472°E
The Tour Isabelle double arch, also named the Tour Percée arch, is a double natural arch, located in the Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse, Chartreuse Mountains, France.
Its span is 32 metres (105 ft), which makes it the biggest natural arch in the Alps.
It remained unknown for probably everybody, until its discovery in May 2005, when Pascal Sombardier, who was trekking to write his book Chartreuse inédite : Itinéraires insolites, dealing with lost places of the range, discovered it fortuitously. Its pictures illustrated the front cover of his book, published in 2006 : this double arch became then the symbol of the hidden treasures of the Chartreuse Mountains.[1]
Located in a very remote area, with a difficult and dangerous access, very few guide books, even the most recent ones, mention its existence.
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Dawn on Tour Isabelle (South face) -
Tour Isabelle in the Spring time -
Tour Isabelle neighboring skulls -
Tour Isabelle right after dawn -
Tour Isabelle with person sitting above the main arch to give scale -
Tour Isabelle with person standing under main arch to give scale
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References
- ^ Sombardier, Pascal (2006). Chartreuse inédite : Itinéraires insolites [Unprecedented Chartreuse: Unusual Itineraries] (in French). Grenoble: Glénat. ISBN 2723453960.
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