Mont Brulé (Arolla)
Appearance
Mont Brulé | |
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Mont Braoulé | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,578 m (11,739 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 365 m (1,198 ft)[2] |
Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
Coordinates | 45°57′18.8″N 7°32′18.1″E / 45.955222°N 7.538361°E |
Geography | |
Location | Valais, Switzerland/Aosta Valley, Italy |
Parent range | Pennine Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 7 August 1876 by Arthur Cust and guide. |
Mont Brulé (also known as Mont Brûlé or Mont Braoulé) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border, east of the Col Collon. On its northern side it overlooks the upper Arolla Glacier.
Toponym
[edit]Though in French this name means "burnt mountain", this toponym comes from Valdôtain Francoprovençal patois. According to Aostan botanist and scientist Joseph-Marie Henry,[3] the word Broillà means "made of breuils", Breuil meaning alpine marshy berm, as for Breuil in Valtournenche.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mont Brulé - Skitour". skitour.fr. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Maps of Switzerland: Main peak Mont Brulé Mont Braoulé". Swisstopo. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Eau, acqua, éve - entre littérature, science et histoire, éd. Duc, Saint-Christophe, p. 96.
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