Mont Blanc (BrE: /ˌmɒ̃ˈblɒ̃(k)/; AmE: /ˌmɒn(t)ˈblɑːŋk/) is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, and the highest mountain in Europe outside...
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The Mont Blanc Tunnel (French: Tunnel du Mont-Blanc, Italian: Traforo del Monte Bianco) is a highway tunnel between France and Italy, under Mont Blanc in...
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The Tour du Mont Blanc or TMB is one of the most popular long-distance walks in Europe. It circles the Mont Blanc massif, covering a distance of roughly...
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The Mont Blanc massif (French: Massif du Mont-Blanc; Italian: Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and...
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A Mont Blanc (or Mont-Blanc aux marrons) is a dessert of sweetened chestnut purée in the form of vermicelli, topped with whipped cream. It was created...
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Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) is a mountain ultramarathon race, first held in 2003, that follows the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc. It has been regarded...
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to the Goûter Refuge (3,835 metres (12,582 ft)) on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc . This area is a well-known accident black spot in dry conditions, when...
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SS Mont-Blanc was a cargo steamship that was built in Middlesbrough, England in 1899 for a French shipping company. On Thursday morning, December 6, 1917...
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The Mont Blanc tramway or Tramway du Mont-Blanc (TMB) is a mountain railway line in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It is the highest in France...
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Mont Blanc (Mont Blanc Marathon) is an annual marathon distance (42.195 km) alpine trail running event held in Chamonix, France. The Marathon du Mont...
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Mont Blanc du Tacul (4,248 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps situated midway between the Aiguille du Midi and Mont Blanc. The...
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Université Savoie Mont Blanc (English: University Savoie Mont Blanc, a.k.a. USMB) is a public university in the Haute-Savoie and Savoie departments of...
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Chamonix (redirect from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc)
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Arpitan: Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (Chamôni), is a commune...
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Mont Blanc: Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni is an ode by the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem was composed between 22 July and 29 August...
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Goûter Route (redirect from Modern normal route on the French side of Mont Blanc)
one of the two normal mountaineering routes used to reach the summit of Mont Blanc in the Alps, ascending to a height of 4,808 metres (15,774 ft). The route...
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Air India Flight 101 (category Mont Blanc)
24 January 1966 at 8:02 CET, on approach to Geneva, the Boeing 707-437 operating the flight accidentally crashed into Mont Blanc in France, killing all...
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Trace Sport Stars Trek TV Breizh TV5Monde 8 Mont-Blanc Ushuaia TV W9 XXL France Ô - defunct public station Direct 8 - defunct commercial station Direct Star...
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Halifax Explosion (redirect from SSMont-Blanc explosion)
French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mont-Blanc, laden with high explosives...
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Television portal Official website TV8 Mont-Blanc at LyngSat Address TV8MontBlanc Youtube Channel Satellite Details TV Mont Blanc www.kingofsat.net v t e...
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station (French: Gare de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc) is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French department...
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white, all-white. The mountain is also known as Mont Taou Blanc or Mont Teu Blanc. The Mont Tout Blanc is located on the ridge dividing the Valsavarenche...
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Mont Blanc is a mountain in the Montes Alpes range on the Moon. It is located on the western edge of the range, near the shore of Mare Imbrium, at 45°29′N...
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France, others, such as the Mont Blanc massif, are shared with Switzerland and Italy. At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), Mont Blanc, on the France–Italy border...
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of the most prestigious ultramarathons, including the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc multiple times, Grand Raid, Western States and Hardrock. Jornet holds...
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Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ blɑ̃]), is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Laurentides Regional County...
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Henriette d'Angeville (section Mont Blanc expedition)
Semur-en-Auxois – 13 January 1871 in Lausanne) was the second woman to climb Mont Blanc, and the first to do so unaided (meaning that, although male guides showed...
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successful ascents on the Mont Blanc in 1786, Mont Buet was "the highest among those accessible in this area" of the Alps. Mont Buet remains a popular destination...
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town of Courmayeur with Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif. Taking over three years to construct, it opened in 2015 at a cost...
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Goûter Hut (category Mont Blanc massif)
many mountaineers on the most popular means of climbing to the summit of Mont Blanc, known as the Goûter Route. It is the least difficult technically and...
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Mont Blanc was a Téméraire class 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the French Navy. In the course of her career, she was renamed no less than four...
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