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Waterfall Waterfall · Portes du Soleil - Dents du Midi · 1,741 m

Fontaines Blanches

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These powerful waterfalls gush straight out of a cliff face in the pastoral
They Valley at an altitude of 1,700 metres.
This natural phenomenon occurs when groundwaters overflow out of a network of galleries eroded deep inside the limestone cliffs over the centuries by filtering rainwater.

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2'551'834E 1'117'519N
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46.207395, 6.814570
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46°12'26.6"N 6°48'52.5"E
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32T 331412 5119412
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