The Mont Tout Blanc
is a 3,438.2
metres high
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
belonging to the Italian side of
Graian Alps
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Toponymy
''Tout Blanc'' in
French means ''totally white'', ''all-white''. The mountain is also known as ''Mont Taou Blanc'' or ''Mont Teu Blanc''.
Geography
The Mont Tout Blanc is located on the ridge dividing the
Valsavarenche
Valsavarenche (local Valdôtain: ; known as ''Valsavara'' under fascist rule from 1939 to 1946, and as ''Valsavaranche'' from 1946 to 1976) is a ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley, northern Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian R ...
valley (East of the mountain) from the
Rhêmes valley (West),
both on the
right-hand side of the
Aosta Valley
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. The Aouillé pass (''Col de l'Aouillé'') divides it from the neighbouring
Pointe de l'Aouillé (3,445 m) while the ''Col Rosset'' divides the Taou Blanc from
Punta Leynir
The Punta Leynir (Pointe du Leynir in French) is a 3,238 metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Graian Alps.
Toponymy
The name ''Leynir'' should come from ''Lago Nero'' (''Black Lake''), referring to the color of a small lake l ...
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SOIUSA classification
According to
SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA.
SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a proposal for a new classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view.
It was designe ...
(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way:
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Western Alps
The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzerland ( ...
* major sector = North Western Alps
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Graian Alps
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* subsection = Central Graian Alps
* supergroup = Catena Grande Sassière-Tsanteleina
* group = Costiera Galisia-Entrelor-Bioula
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code = I/B-7.III-A.1
Access to the summit
The mountain can be accessed from ''
Nivolet Pass
The Nivolet Pass ( it, Colle del Nivolet or french: Col du Nivolet) is a mountain pass in the Eastern group of the Graian Alps in northern Italy. It is located at the top of the Orco Valley on the road from Turin to Ceresole Reale, in the Gran ...
'' (2.641 m); this route requires a good
hiking
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experience, although is sometimes considered an
alpinistic route of ''F+'' level. The top of the Taou Balnc offers a good point of view on
Gran Paradiso
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massif.
Mountain huts
* Refuge ''città di Chivasso'' (2,604 m).
Nature protection
The Mont Tout Blanc belongs to the
Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso
Gran Paradiso National Park (Italian: ''Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso''; ), is an Italian national park in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in th ...
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[Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 ''Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso'', ]Istituto Geografico Centrale
The Istituto Geografico Centrale (IGC, in English ‘’Central Geographic Institute’’) is a privately owned Italian company based in Turin (Piedmont), known for its guide books and hiking maps mainly concerning the Western Alps and their cont ...
- Torino
Maps
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Istituto Geografico Militare
The ''Istituto Geografico Militare'' (IGM), or Military Geographic Institute, is an Italian public organization, dependent on the Italian Army general staff (''Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito''). It is the national mapping agency for Italy.
Overvie ...
(IGM) official maps of Italy, 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 scale
on-line version* Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 ''Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso'',
Istituto Geografico Centrale
The Istituto Geografico Centrale (IGC, in English ‘’Central Geographic Institute’’) is a privately owned Italian company based in Turin (Piedmont), known for its guide books and hiking maps mainly concerning the Western Alps and their cont ...
- Torino
External links
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References
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Mountains of the Graian Alps