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    Châtelard, the road leads to Chamonix in France via Vallorcine and the Col des Montets. The pass was little known in the 19th century. It was not until...
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    1 May 2012, a speed limit of 70 km/h was introduced on the sections of the road in the Haut-Rhin department, between the Col des Bagenelles and Uffholtz...
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    to Annecy or over Col des Aravis to the Arly valley and is situated between the Massif des Bornes to the north-west and the Chaîne des Aravis to the south-east...
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    the Swiss Alps. The highest points on any variant of the trail are the Col des Fours in France and the Fenêtre d'Arpette in Switzerland, both at an altitude...
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    to hole”)3. It is a classic term to name a narrow passage, a pass. The Col du Perthus is therefore a pleonastic toponym, the name of Perthus appropriate...
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    January 2023. "Loi organique nº 15/006 du 25 mars 2015 portant fixation des limites des provinces et celles de la ville de Kinshasa" (PDF). Journal officiel...
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  • Thumbnail for Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
    around Mont Blanc. It starts from Chamonix (1,035 m) and goes up to the Col de Voza (1,653 m) to reach Les Contamines (1,150 m), which is the first life...
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    The Col du Chat is a mountain pass located in France, in the commune of La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat, in the French department of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
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    stage 9 on 17 July from Val-d'Isère crossing the Col de l'Iseran, the Col du Télégraphe and the Col du Galibier with a 37 km (23 mi) downhill finish to...
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    June 2020. "Loi organique nº 15/006 du 25 mars 2015 portant fixation des limites des provinces et celles de la ville de Kinshasa" (PDF). Journal officiel...
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    Camp III and the Yellow Band, but before Camp IV and South Col. It is a spur near the south col. A related formation is the saddle between the peaks of Mount...
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    larger mountain. On his first journey de Saussure had come from Ayas to the Col des Cimes Blanches, from where the Matterhorn first comes into view; descending...
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    Mont Cenis (redirect from Col du Mont Cenis)
    841 ft)), which forms the limit between the Cottian and Graian Alps. The term "Mont Cenis" could be derived from mont des cendres ("mountain of ashes")...
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    Somport Col du Pourtalet Port of Boucharo Aragnouet–Bielsa Tunnel Col du Portillon Pont du Roi Puigcerdà / Bourg-Madame Col d'Ares Col du Perthus Col des Balistres...
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  • and col. The above European Top 10 list excludes peaks on lands and islands that are part of European countries but are outside or on the limits of the...
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    Colchicine (redirect from Col-probenecid)
    Pelletier PS, Caventou JB (1820). "Examen chimique des plusieurs végétaux de la famille des colchicées, et du principe actif qu'ils renferment. [Cévadille...
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    The Great St Bernard Pass (French: Col du Grand St-Bernard, Italian: Colle del Gran San Bernardo, German: Grosser Sankt Bernhard; Romansh: Pass del Grond...
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    Republican refugees fleeing Franco's Spain flooded over the border at Col-des-Balistras/Belitres Pass into Cerbère and other border villages. A monument...
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    be reached from the Col du Cheval Mort [fr] and by following the hiking trails. Billy, Pierre-Henri (2021-04-19). Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la...
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    (from Col du Mont Genevre to Col du Mont Cenis) Graian Alps (from Col du Mont Cenis to the Col Ferret) Chablais Alps (from Lake Geneva to the Col des Montets)...
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    Gua Col de Tourniol, 1,145 m, between Léoncel and Barbières Col de Proncel, 1,100 m, between Vassieux-en-Vercors and La Chapelle-en-Vercors Col des Limouches...
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    Oxford English Dictionary, Clarendon Press 2nd ed. 1989, vol. IX p. 697 col. 3. "Museo Galileo - In depth - Gravitational acceleration". catalogue.museogalileo...
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    complemented with modern structures in the surrounding area (Col Rosson, Alpe di Specie, Col di Specie, Rautkofel). The forts of Haideck and Mitterberg...
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    situated below the North Col at 6,500 m (21,300 ft). To reach Camp IV on the North Col, climbers ascend the glacier to the foot of the col where fixed ropes...
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    Col de Tende Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données...
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    Lt Col Mike Calvert, Royal Engineers 1951 Lt Col John Slone, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1953 Lt Col Oliver Brooke, Welch Regiment 1954 Lt Col Michael...
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  • covered 172 km and four smaller climbs (côte de Citelle, col d'Ey, col de Fontaube, col de Notre-Dame des Abeilles) before finishing at the summit of Mont Ventoux...
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    176. "The Eiffel Tower". News. The Times. No. 32661. London. 1 April 1889. col B, p. 5. Jill Jonnes (2009). Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair where Buffalo...
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    within France and is bounded by the Vallée des Glaciers (which connects to the Val Veny over the watershed of the col de la Seigne), and its waters flow southwards...
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    National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 30 May 2013. "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes...
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