Mont Brulé (also known as ''Mont Brûlé'' or ''Mont Braoulé'') is a
mountain
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of the
Pennine Alps
The Pennine Alps (german: Walliser Alpen, french: Alpes valaisannes, it, Alpi Pennine, la, Alpes Poeninae), also known as the Valais Alps, are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais) and Italy ( ...
, located on the
Swiss
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Italian
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border, east of the
Col Collon. On its northern side it overlooks the upper
Arolla Glacier
The Arolla Glacier (french: Glacier d'Arolla) is a long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of .
The Glacier d'Arolla is in fact composed of two glacier: the ''Glacier du Mo ...
.
Toponym
Though in
French this name means "burnt mountain", this toponym comes from
Valdôtain Francoprovençal patois. According to Aostan botanist and scientist
Joseph-Marie Henry,
[''Eau, acqua, éve - entre littérature, science et histoire'', éd. Duc, Saint-Christophe, p. 96.] the word ''Broillà'' means "made of ''breuils''", ''Breuil'' meaning alpine marshy berm, as for
Breuil in
Valtournenche
Valtournenche (local Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, above the sea level. It is named after and covers most of the ''Valtournenche'', a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, from C ...
.
References
External links
Mont Brulé on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Valais
Mountains of Aosta Valley
Italy–Switzerland border
Mountains of Switzerland
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