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Pointe de Vouasson

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Pointe de Vouasson
View from near the summit
Highest point
Elevation3,490 m (11,450 ft)
Prominence154 m (505 ft)[1]
Parent peakAiguilles Rouges d'Arolla
Geography
Pointe de Vouasson is located in Switzerland
Pointe de Vouasson
Pointe de Vouasson
Location in Switzerland
LocationValais, Switzerland
Parent rangePennine Alps

The Pointe de Vouasson is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Lac des Dix in the canton of Valais. It lies between the valleys of Hérémence (west) and Arolla (east), north of the Aiguilles Rouges d'Arolla.

The east side of the mountain is covered by a glacier named Glacier de Vouasson.

References

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Col Sud de Darbonneire (3,336 m).