Mont Blanc (BrE: /ˌmɒ̃ˈblɒ̃(k)/; AmE: /ˌmɒn(t)ˈblɑːŋk/; French: Mont Blanc [mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Italian: Monte Bianco [ˈmonte ˈbjaŋko], both meaning "white mountain")...
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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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The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a highway tunnel between France and Italy, under Mont Blanc in the Alps. It links Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France with Courmayeur...
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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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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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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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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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24 March 1999, a transport truck caught fire while driving through the Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy. When it stopped halfway through the tunnel...
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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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up Mont Blanc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps Mont Blanc may refer to: Mountains in the Alps Mont Blanc...
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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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Montblanc (company) (redirect from Mont Blanc pen)
stylized six-pointed snowcap with rounded edges, representative of the Mont Blanc snowcap from above, the symbol being adopted in 1913. The number "4810"...
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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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The so-called Top of the Mont Blanc is a collection piece on display in the Oval Room of Teylers Museum. The specimen was cut off from the highest findable...
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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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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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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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Mont-Blanc (French: [mɔ̃ blɑ̃]) was a department of the First French Empire. It was named after Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe, which...
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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 is a ski resort in the Laurentian Mountains and south of Mont-Tremblant, in Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative...
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popular tourist destination when alpinism arose, thanks to its proximity to Mont Blanc. Under the Fascist regime and its "Italianist" rule, the town was briefly...
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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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Denali (6,194 m) Mont Blanc (4,810 m) Elbrus (5,642 m) Everest (8,848 m) Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) Aconcagua (6,961 m) Vinson (4,892 m) Kosciuszko (2,228 m)...
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thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. Mont Blanc spans the French–Italian border, and at 4,809 m (15,778 ft)...
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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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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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Ascent of Mont Blanc, 1957, p. 14 Alpine Journal, vol. XXV, p. 620 Gottlieb Studer, Über Eis und Schnee, Vol 2., p. 15 "Chronik zur Mont Blanc-Region"....
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the Mont Blanc massif on the upper slopes of Mont Blanc in the Alps. It is located below the Bosses Ridge between the Dome du Gouter and Mont Blanc summit...
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Graian Alps (section Mont Blanc group)
The Graian Alps can also be divided into the following four groups: the Mont Blanc group (north of the Little St Bernard Pass), including the Beaufortain...
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