Jump to content

La Ruinette

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Zacharie Grossen (talk | contribs) at 14:31, 26 January 2016 (added Category:Three-thousanders of Switzerland using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

La Ruinette
La Ruinette from the southwest
Highest point
Elevation3,875 m (12,713 ft)
Prominence838 m (2,749 ft)[1]
Parent peakMonte Rosa
Geography
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Switzerland relief" does not exist.
LocationValais, Switzerland
Parent rangePennine Alps

La Ruinette is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking the Lake of Mauvoisin in the canton of Valais. With an altitude of 3,875 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit between the Grand Combin and the Dent Blanche. La Ruinette lies close to the better known Mont Blanc de Cheilon which has almost the same height (3,870 m).

La Ruinette (centre right) and Mont Blanc de Cheilon (left) with the Lac de Mauvoisin

See also

References

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Col de Chermotane (3,037 m).