The Tête de l'Estrop is a mountain of the French Prealps located in

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (sometimes abbreviated as AHP; ; ; ), formerly until 1970 known as Basses-Alpes (, ), is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the sou ...

, France. It is the highest peak of the Provence Alps and Prealps.

Geography

Administratively the mountain is divided between the French communes of

Prads-Haute-Bléone Prads-Haute-Bléone (; ''Prats Auta Blèuna'' in Vivaro-Alpine dialect, Vivaro-Alpine) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, department and in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, r ...

(southern slopes) and Méolans-Revel (vallon du Laverq, northern slopes).Géoportail IGN o
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Access to the summit

The easiest route to the summit starts from ''La Foux d'Allos'', a

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in the commune of

Allos Allos (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Allos is a high mountain commune in the southern Alps. The commune exp ...

, which reaches the top through the eastern slopes of the mountain.

Other facts

* It has the scenic peculiarity of being currently the furthest mountain in the world portraye
in front of a sunrise
(a worldwide record of sunrise picture). *On 24 March 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed into the lower western slopes of the mountain.

References

Maps

* French official cartography (''

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'' - IGN); on-line version:
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Bibliography

* Caracal et les Sancho Panza, ''Male Vesse, récit et 12 descentes de canyons dans le pays dignois'', 2006 () {{DEFAULTSORT:Estrop Two-thousanders of France Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence