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Featured Article Recommendations | Mont Aiguille (2,085 m (6,841 ft)) is a mountain in the Vercors Plateau of the French Prealps, located 58 km (36 mi) south of Grenoble, in the commune of Chichilianne, and the département of Isère. The mountain, known as one of the Seven Wonders of Dauphiné, is a relatively flat limestone mesa (a table shaped elevated area of land) surrounded by steep cliffs. The mountain lies within an area designated in 1985 as the Vercors Regional Natural Park. Mont Aiguille's limestone cliffs, especially on the northwest side, are popular with climbers. It is notable for its first climb in 1492, which was said to mark the "birth of mountaineering". more... → Excellent and good articles on the Alps Featured Image Recommendations | The Zugspitze seen from Ehrwald in the Austrian state of Tyrol Mountains of the Alps Mountains – Categories: Mountains · Glaciers · Lakes · Mountain passes · Valleys · Rivers · Northern Limestone Alps: Ackerlspitze · Biberkopf · Birkkarspitze Birnhorn · Dachstein · Daniel · Eiskögele · Ellmauer Halt · Gamsfeld · Glatthorn · Großer Hundstod · Großer Krottenkopf · Großes Ochsenhorn · Großer Priel · Hinterer Bratschenkopf · Hochblassen · Hocheisspitze · Hochiss · Hochkalter · Hochkönig · Hochschwab · Hochstadl · Hochtor · Hochvogel · Hochwanner · Hoher Göll · Hohe Veitsch · Leutascher Dreitorspitze · Klockerin · Krottenkopf · Östliche Karwendelspitze · Parseierspitze · Raucheck · Reisalpe · Schneeberg · Schneefernerkopf · Sonneck · Sonntagshorn · Treffauer · Untere Wildgrubenspitze · Watzmann · Wetterspitzen · Zugspitze Central (Eastern) Alps: Glocknerwand · Großer Muntanitz · Großes Wiesbachhorn · Großglockner · Großvenediger · Hirzer · Hochalmspitze · Hochgall · Hochfeiler · Hoher Riffler · Johannisberg · Kleinglockner · Kreuzjoch · Lizumer Reckner · Muttler · Petzeck · Piz Linard · Piz Sesvenna · Schesaplana · Weiße Spitze · Wildspitze · Teufelshorn · Zuckerhütl Southern Limestone Alps: Cima d'Asta · Cima Dodici · Cima Presanella · Cima Tosa · Coglians · Hochstuhl · Grintovec · Große Sandspitze · Laugenspitze · Marmolada · Monte Cadria · Monte Sobretta · Ortler · Piz Bernina · Triglav Western Alps: Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey · Aiguilles du Diable · Aiguille Verte · Aletschhorn · Allalinhorn · Alphubel · Barre des Écrins · Bishorn · Breithorn · Castor · Dent Blanche · Dent d'Hérens · Dents du Midi · Dom · Dôme du Goûter · Dunantspitze · Dürrenhorn · Eiger · Finsteraarhorn · Gran Paradiso · Grand Combin · Grandes Jorasses · Grande Rocheuse · Grande Tête de l'Obiou · Gross Fiescherhorn · Grünhorn · Hohberghorn · Jungfrau · Lauteraarhorn · Lagginhorn · Lenzspitze · Les Droites · Ludwigshöhe · Lyskamm · Matterhorn · Mönch · Monte Argentera · Mont Blanc · Monte Rosa · Monte Viso · Ober Gabelhorn · Nadelhorn · Parrotspitze · Picco Luigi Amedeo · Pollux · Rimpfischhorn · Schreckhorn · Signalkuppe · Stecknadelhorn · Strahlhorn · Täschhorn · Tête de l'Estrop · Vincent Pyramid · Weisshorn · Weissmies · Zinalrothorn · Zumsteinspitze → Other mountains Mountain ranges Mountain ranges – Categories: Mountain ranges · Mountain passes Northern Limestone Alps: Allgäu Alps · Ammergau Alps · Bavarian Prealps · Berchtesgaden Alps · Brandenberg Alps · Bregenz Forest · Chiemgau Alps · Dachstein · Ennstal Alps · Gutenstein Alps · Hochschwab · Kaiser Mountains · Karwendel · Lechquellen · Lechtal Alps · Leogang Mountains · Lofer · Mieming Range · Mürzsteg Alps · Rax-Schneeberg · Salzkammergut Mountains · Tennen · Totes Gebirge · Türnitz Alps · Upper Austrian Prealps · Vienna Woods · Wetterstein · Ybbstal Alps Central (Eastern) Alps: Ankogel Group · Glockner Group · Goldberg Group · Granatspitze Group · Gurktal Alps · Kitzbühel Alps · Kreuzeck Group · Lavanttal Alps · Ötztal Alps · Prealps East of the Mur · Radstadt Tauern · Rätikon · Rieserferner Group · Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern · Samnaun Alps · Sarntal Alps · Schladming Tauern · Schober Group · Seckau Tauern · Sesvenna Alps · Silvretta Alps · Stubai Alps · Tux Alps · Venediger Group · Verwall Alps · Villgraten · Zillertal Alps Southern Limestone Alps: Adamello-Presanella Alps · Brenta Group · Carnic Alps · Carnic Prealps · Dolomites · Fiemme · Gailtal Alps · Garda Mountains · Julian Alps · Kamnik-Savinja Alps · Karawanks · Nonsberg Group · Ortler Group · Pohorje · Rhaetian Alps · Sobretta-Gavia Group · Vicentine Alps Western Alps: Aarmassif · Belledonne · Bernese Alps · Cottian Alps · Dauphiné Alps · Dauphiné Prealps · Glarus Alps · Graian Alps · Maritime Alps · Massif des Écrins · Pennine Alps · Provence Alps and Prealps · Saint-Gotthard Massif · Savoy Alps → Other ranges Mountain lists Four-thousanders · Three-thousanders · Mountains between 2,500 and 2,999 m · Mountains between 2,000 and 2,499 m · Most prominent mountains · Glaciers Category: Glaciers Cirque glaciers: Blaueis · Eiskar · Höllentalferner · Matterhorn Glacier Outlet glaciers: Eiger Glacier · Marmolada Glacier Plateau glaciers: Plaine Morte · Schneeferner · Übergossene Alm Valley glaciers: Aletsch Glacier · Fiescher Glacier · Glacier Blanc · Glacier Noir · Gorner Glacier · Lower Grindelwald Glacier · Mer de Glace · Mont Durand Glacier · Morteratsch Glacier · Rhône Glacier · Upper Grindelwald Glacier Flora and Fauna Alpine Flora: Alpine azalea · Alpine rock-jasmine · Austrian pine · Dwarf pillow sedge · Dwarf willow · Edelweiss · Glacier crowfoot · Great yellow gentian · Hairy alpenrose · Mountain pine · Swiss pine · Wulfenia Alpine fauna: Alpine chough · Alpine ibex · Alpine marmot · Alpine salamander · Chamois · European adder · Glacier flea · Golden Eagle · Nutcracker · Mountain burnet · Red-billed chough · Rock Ptarmigan · Snowfinch · Wallcreeper Alpine History Category: History General: History of the Alps · Alpine transhumance · Exploration of the High Alps · Hannibal's crossing of the Alps · Ötzi · Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps · Tres Alpes · Walser migrations Climbing: see here Disasters: 1954 Blons avalanches · Air France Flight 178 · Germanwings Flight 9525 Alpine Climbing Category: Glaciers Alpinism: Golden age of Alpinism · Silver age of Alpinism · Timeline of climbing the Matterhorn Early ascents: First ascent of the Matterhorn · Second ascent of the Matterhorn · Höllentalferner Climbing disasters: 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster · Alpine Geography Category: History Rivers: Aare · Brandenberger Ache · Brixentaler Ache · Drau · Erlauf · Inn · Lech · Lütschine · Mangfall · Ötztaler Ache · Rienz · Rosanna · Salzach · Sill · Spöl · Ybbs · Ziller Valleys: Kleinwalsertal · Lötschental · Pustertal · Stubaital · Tuxertal Lakes: Lago di Muzzano · Lai da Marmorera · Lake Brienz · Lake Constance · Lake Geneva · Lake Lungern · Lake Maggiore · Lake Thun · Lake Zug · Melchsee · Oeschinen Lake · Schwarzsee Passes: Albula Pass · Bernina Pass · Col Agnel · Col de l'Iseran · Great St. Bernard Pass · Flüela Pass · Furka Pass · Grimsel Pass · Grosse Scheidegg · Grossglockner High Alpine Road · Jungfraujoch · Pack Saddle · San Bernardino Pass · San Pellegrino Pass · Seeberg Saddle · Semmering Pass · Simplon Pass · Stelvio Pass · St. Gotthard Pass · Tuxer Joch

Current News 5.4.2016 Scientist says he has uncovered evidence revealing Hannibal's route across the Alps by analysing a trail of fossilised dung found near the Col de la Traversette.Daily Telegraph 2.3.2016 Google StreetView reaches new heights, and has just put amazing images of the Mont Blanc massif online. Explore them here 4.2.2016 A new exhibition at the Musee Alpin in Chamonix showcases the heritage of the group of British climbers who made their way to the summits of some of Europe's most fearsome peaks. www.telegraph.co.uk 14.1.2016 More French Legal Action Against British Ski Instructors in The Alps. InTheSnow.com 8.1.2016 Army bunkers buried in the Swiss Alps are given a new lease of life after being turned into a hotel, museum and a cheese factory. DailyMail.co.uk 9.12.2015 Iceman Otzi proven to have the world’s oldest tattoo. Smithsonian Science News 10.11.2015 Sallanches Hospital near Mont Blanc announces major new department to research and treat mountain-related accidents and illnesses. chamonet.com 19.10.2015 One of Europe’s mighty rivers of ice — the Aletsch Glacier — could almost vanish in the lifetime of someone born today. washingtonpost.com 24.6.2015 Dutch climber attempting 82-peak Alps challenge dies near Mont Blanc in fall on Aiguille de Rochefort guardian.com Image Queries How well do you know your mountains? – Click the picture to view a larger image and reveal its name Which mountains are these? Latest Awards Featured articles Good articles Mont Aiguille Mont Blanc massif Candidates List wanted articles here. Articles Needing Review New or Enhanced Articles • 28.2. Tête Rousse Glacier • 31.1. Skyway Monte Bianco • 27.1. Mont Blanc massif • 4.12. Glacier flea • 2.12. Tour Ronde • 17.11. Emile Rey • 13.11. Black Peak (Pohorje) • 10.11. Aiguille de Bionnassay New Discussions

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