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The Dôme du Goûter (4,304 m) is a
although on Italian
the summit appears to lie on the frontier between France and Italy. In June 2015, Italian Prime Minister
The Dôme du Goûter on SummitPost
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mountain
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in the Mont Blanc massif
The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major indepen ...
. It is a shoulder of Mont Blanc
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, whose summit lies two kilometres to the south-east. The Dôme is traversed on ascents of Mont Blanc via the ''Bosses'' route.
The summit of the Dôme is marked as lying entirely within France on the French Institut Géographique National
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(IGN) maalthough on Italian
Istituto Geografico Militare
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Overvie ...
(IGM) mathe summit appears to lie on the frontier between France and Italy. In June 2015, Italian Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi
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expressed repeated claims on the territory. The Swiss National Map, which covers the massif at 1:50'000 scale, shows both disputed areas around Mont Blanc and Dôme du Goûter in a neutral way, after previously following the French interpretation of the border until 2018.
Goûter Refuge
In 2013, the Goûter Refuge opened, a mountain hut noted for its modern style. From the hut the summit of the Dome du Gouter is about two hours away by foot. The hut is located above the Aiguille du Gouter cliff and is constructed of wood and steel in a roughly egg shape. The older shelter was a more basic metal shed that sat on the ice, whereas the new building has supports drilled into the rock.See also
*List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps
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The Dôme du Goûter on SummitPost
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