Mont Blanc de Courmayeur

Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
Monte Bianco di Courmayeur
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur seen from above La Thuile
Highest point
Elevation4,748 m (15,577 ft)[1]
Prominence18 m ↓ Col Major[1]
Parent peakMont Blanc
Isolation0.6 km → Mont Blanc
Coordinates45°49′44″N 6°52′10″E / 45.82889°N 6.86944°E / 45.82889; 6.86944
Geography
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur is located in Alps
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
Parent rangeGraian Alps
Climbing
First ascent18 August 1822 by Frederick Clissold with Joseph-Marie Couttet, David Couttet, Pierre-Marie Favret, Jacques Couttet, Jean-Baptiste Simond and Matthie Bosonney.[2][3]

Mont Blanc de Courmayeur (French: [mɔ̃ blɑ̃ də kuʁmajœʁ]; Italian: Monte Bianco di Courmayeur) is a point (4,748 m (15,577 ft)) on the south-east ridge of Mont Blanc that forms the peak of the massive south-east face of the mountain. It is connected to the main summit via the Col Major (c. 4,730 m (15,520 ft)).

Despite its minimal topographic prominence, it appears as the second-highest peak in the Alps on the official list of Alpine four-thousanders of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) for its impressive appearance and its importance for mountaineering.[4]

The peak can be reached from the main summit over the Bosses ridge. The ascents over the south-east / Peuterey and south / Brouillard ridges are very challenging.

The summit of Mont Blanc de Courmayeur is marked as lying entirely within Italy on the Italian Istituto Geografico Militare (IGM) map,[5] while on the French Institut Géographique National (IGN) map the summit lies on the border between France and Italy.[6] A demarcation agreement, signed on 7 March 1861, defines the local border between France and Italy. Currently this act and the attached maps (showing the border on the top of Mont Blanc, 4810 m) are legally valid for both the French and Italian governments.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Monte Bianco di Courmayeur, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brown1957 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Alpine Journal, vol. XXV, p. 620
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2012-12-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Istituto Geografico Militare Archived 2009-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Institut Géographique National
  7. ^ Assemblée Nationale: traité franco-italien signé à Turin le 26 mars 1860