Parpaillon massif
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- Hautes-Alpes
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
The Parpaillon massif are a massif in the French Alps. It serves as the boundary between the departments of Hautes-Alpes to the north and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence to the south. Additionally, it separates the Embrun region from the Ubaye valley. The massif extends from the Serre-Ponçon lake in the west to the Col de Vars, which distinguishes it from the Escreins massif, and to the middle Ubaye valley in the southeast, near Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, where it is bordered by the Mercantour-Argentera massif and the Chambeyron massif.
Etymology
For some, the meaning of this toponym is papillon (transl. butterfly), which is "parpalhon" in Occitan.[1] However, it is more likely derived from the pre-Gaulish (Ligurian) term "pal," which is common in the names of mountains and escarpments.
Main summits
- Grand Bérard, 3,046 m
- Grand Parpaillon, 2,990 m
- Chalanche, 2,984 m
- Tête de Vallon Claous, 2,945 m
- Mont Tailland, 2,938 m
- Grande Combe, 2,937 m
- Tête de Crouès, 2,928 m
- Tête de Frusta, 2,926 m
- Barre de la Pisse, 2,925 m
- Tête du Crachet, 2,919 m
- Aupillon, 2,916 m
- Pouzenc, 2,898 m
- Grande Épervière, 2,884 m
- Pointe de l'Eyssina, 2,837 m
- Pic de Boussolenc, 2,832 m
- Montagnette, 2,811 m
- Pic de Chabrières, 2,727 m
- Pic de Morgon, 2,324 m
References
- ^ Nègre, Ernest (1996). Toponymie générale de la France (in French). Librairie Droz. p. 1192. ISBN 978-2-600-00133-5.
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- Aiguilles Rouges
- Arves
- Baronnies
- Bauges
- Beaufortain
- Belledonne
- Bochaine
- Bornes
- Cerces
- Chambeyron
- Chartreuse
- Dévoluy
- Diois
- Écrins
- Escreins
- Giffre
- Gran Paradiso
- Grandes Rousses
- Lauzière
- Luberon
- Mercantour-Argentera
- Mont Blanc
- Mont Cenis
- Parpaillon
- Pelat
- Queyras
- Taillefer
- Trois-Évêchés
- Vanoise
- Vercors
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