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Mountain pass Mountain pass · Rhône-Alpes · 1,459 m

Col des Montets

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  • Passhöhe des Col des Montets.
    Passhöhe des Col des Montets.
    Photo: By Jean-Marie Choisel (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Der Col des Montets liegt in den französischen Alpen und verbindet die Orte Chamonix (Frankreich) und Martigny (Schweiz). Die Passhöhe liegt auf 1461 m.

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46.003830, 6.923539
DMS
46°00'13.8"N 6°55'24.7"E
UTM
32T 339227 5096569
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