Large Russet-red

The solid mass of the Russet-red Grandes is a solid mass of the the French Alps located on the departments of the Isere and the Savoy. The Oisans covers part of the solid mass.

It shelters relatively important glaciers, only exceeded in term of size in the area by those of the solid masses of the Écrins and more far from the Vanoise.

Geography

Situation

The solid mass is directed NORTH-SOUTH.

The slope is, although he is sometimes regarded as extending to the collars from the Galibier and the Télégraphe and thus including the Massif from Arvan-Villards, is limited by the torrents Arvette and Ferrand. The rivers Water-in Olle and thus the solid mass of Belledonne in the west, and Romanche and the Massif of the Jewel cases in the south form its others limiting geographical.

Principal tops

  • the Peak Bayle, culminating point, 3465 m
  • the Peak of the Standard, 3464 m
  • the Peak of the White Lake, 3323 m
  • Summits of Cochette, 3241 m
  • the Summit of Barbarate, 3226 m
  • the Summit of the Large Savage, 3216 m
  • the Dome of Cochette, 3041 m
  • the Peak of Herpie, 3012 m
  • the Rock of Balme, 2872 m
  • the Summit of Valette, 2858 m
  • the Dome of Small Russet-red, 2810 m

Principal glaciers

  • glacier of Russet-red the
  • glacier of Sarenne
  • glacier of Quirlies
  • glacier of Saint-Sorlin
  • glacier of Barbarate
  • glacier of Malatres

Geology

The solid mass of Large Russet-red is a crystalline solid mass following the example solid mass of Belledonne near.

Activities

Winter sports resorts

See too

Related articles

  • Geography of the Western Alps

External bonds

  • Geology of the solid mass of Large Russet-red the

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