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Key facts
- Elevation
- 3,842 m (12,605 ft)
- Prominence
- 310 m (1,020 ft)
- Isolation
- 1.72 km (1.07 mi)
- Listing
- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Language of name
- French
- Location
- Haute-Savoie , Rhône-Alpes , France
- Parent range
- Mont Blanc Massif
- Rock age
- Tertiary
- Mountain type
- Granite
- First ascent
- 4 August 1818 by Antoni Malczewski , J. M. Balmat and 5 guides
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Aiguilles de Chamonix
- Named after
- noon
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
- Elevation
- 3842
- Image
- Aiguille-du-Midi-summer.jpg
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- native label
- Aiguille du Midi
- topographic isolation
- 1.72
- Commons category
- Aiguille du Midi
- topographic prominence
- 310
- mountain range
- Mont Blanc massif
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Encyclopedic overview
The Aiguille du Midi ( French pronunciation: [eɡɥij dy midi], "Southern Needle") is a 3,842-metre-tall (12,605 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc.
Cable car
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aiguille du Midi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.