Bouquetins
Sign in to saveThe Dents de Bouquetins or just the Bouquetins (French for Alpine ibices) are a multi-summited mountain of the Alps between Switzerland and Italy. They form a ridge composed of several summits above 3,600 metres, of which the highest is 3,838 metres. The Bouquetins are the highest mountain on the main watershed of the Pennine Alps west of the Dent d'Hérens.
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- Bouquetins
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- Bouquetins.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Bouquetins (left) seen from Col Collon
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3838
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 486
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Weisshorn
- Mountain.listing
- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
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- Alps
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- Location in the Alps
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- Valais, Switzerland Aosta Valley, Italy
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 6 September 1871, by Jean Anzévui, Arthur Bold Hamilton, and Jean Vuignier
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The Dents de Bouquetins or just the Bouquetins (French for Alpine ibices) are a multi-summited mountain of the Alps between Switzerland and Italy. They form a ridge composed of several summits above 3,600 metres, of which the highest is 3,838 metres. The Bouquetins are the highest mountain on the main watershed of the Pennine Alps west of the Dent d'Hérens.
A shelter (Refuge des Bouquetins), owned by the Swiss Alpine Club, is located at the western base of the mountain.
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