Puy de Sancy
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Key facts
- Elevation
- 1,885 m (6,184 ft)
- Prominence
- 1,579 m (5,180 ft)
- Isolation
- 221.3 km (137.5 mi), to P.1958
- Listing
- Ultra , Ribu
- Native name
- Puèi de la Crotz ( Occitan )
- Location
- Puy-de-Dôme departement , France
- Parent range
- Monts Dore ( Massif Central )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ultra-prominent peak
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Mont-Dore
- Elevation
- 1885
- Image
- Puy de Sancy 2016-08-23 n18.jpg
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- Commons category
- Puy de Sancy
- topographic prominence
- 1581
- mountain range
- Monts Dore
- topographic isolation
- 221.3
- name
- Puy de Sancy
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Encyclopedic overview
Puy de Sancy ( US: /ˌpwiː də sɒ̃ˈsiː/, French: [pɥi d(ə) sɑ̃si]; Auvergnat: Puèi de la Crotz [ˈpœj də lɔ ˈkɾu(ts)], lit. ''Mount of the Cross'') is the highest mountain in the Massif Central, in Puy-de-Dôme departement of south central France. It is part of an ancient stratovolcano which has been inactive for about 220,000 years.
Mountain
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