The Grand Combin taken on the way to the Cabane of Mont Vélon. No. 3658.

            The Grand Combin taken on the way to the Cabane of Mont Vélon.  No. 3658.

Mont Vélan
Mont Vélan from Plateau Du Couloir.jpg
Mont Vélan as seen from Grand Combin
Elevation3,727 m (12,228 ft)
Prominence621 m (2,037 ft)[1]
Parent peakGrand Combin
Location
Mont Vélan is located in Alps Mont VélanMont Vélan
Location in the Alps
LocationValais, Switzerland
Aosta Valley, Italy
RangePennine Alps
Coordinates45°53′35″N 7°15′03.8″ECoordinates: 45°53′35″N 7°15′03.8″E
Climbing
First ascentAugust 31, 1779 by Laurent Joseph Murith
Mont Vélan is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. At 3,727, metres Mont Vélan is the highest summit lying between the Great St Bernard Pass and Grand Combin. Two large glaciers cover its northern flanks: Glacier de Tseudet (west) and Glacier de Valsoray (east). The Glacier de Proz, lying on the west side, was traversed during the first ascent.

The mountain is located south of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the canton of Valais and north of Etroubles in the Aosta Valley. The Petit Vélan is a lower summit in the same massif lying north to the main summit.

Le mont Vélan est un sommet des Alpes pennines (3 727 mètres) sur la frontière entre l'Italie (Vallée d'Aoste) et la Suisse (canton du Valais). Il se trouve à proximité du col du Grand-Saint-Bernard, le long de la ligne de partage des eaux entre le Valpelline et la vallée du Grand-Saint-Bernard.

Der Mont Vélan ist ein 3731 m hoher Berg in den westlichen Walliser Alpen. Über den Hauptgipfel verläuft die Grenze zwischen der Schweiz und Italien. Damit liegt er in der italienischen Provinz Aosta und dem Schweizer Kanton Wallis.

Als Nebengipfel umfasst der Berg sodann die nördlich und nordöstlich in der Schweiz liegenden Pétit Vélan, 3202 m, und Mont de la Gouille, 3212 m, sowie im Weiteren auf dem Grenzgrat westlich zum Großen St. Bernhard die Les Rayons de la Madelaine, 3051 m und östlich zum Col de Valsoray (in Richtung des Grand Combin (4314 m)) den Mont Cordine, 3329 m. Nach Süden fällt der Mont Vélan über 1000 m mit einer steilen Wand ab, im Norden ist er durch den Valsoreygletscher und den Tseudetgletscher vergletschert.

   

Taken in: Schweiz / Canton de Valais / Entremont (show map)

Taken on: September 17, 2014

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