Mont Blanc (disambiguation)
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Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco , meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence...

is the highest mountain in the Alps

Mont Blanc may refer to:

Locations

  • Mountains in the Alps
    Alps
    The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....

    • Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
      Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
      Mont Blanc de Courmayeur , in the Italian part of the Mont Blanc massif, is the second-highest peak in the Alps....

      , in the Italian part of the Mont Blanc massif, is the second-highest peak in the Alps
    • Mont Blanc de Cheilon
      Mont Blanc de Cheilon
      Mont Blanc de Cheilon is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. The mountain lies between the valleys of Bagnes and Arolla and is one of the highest summits between the Grand Combin to the west and the Dent Blanche to the east...

      , a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland
  • Mont Blanc Tunnel
    Mont Blanc Tunnel
    The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a road tunnel in the Alps under the Mont Blanc mountain, linking Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France , and Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy . It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, particularly for Italy, which relies on the tunnel for transporting as much as...

    , a tunnel beneath the Mont Blanc mountain
  • The lunar mountain Mons Blanc
    Mons Blanc
    Mons Blanc is the tallest mountain in the Montes Alpes range on the Moon at 3.6 kilometers in height. It is located at and is about 25 kilometers in diameter. The mountain was named after Mont Blanc, a mountain in the Alps on Earth....

  • Mont Blanc, Quebec
    Mont Blanc, Quebec
    Mont Blanc is a ski resort in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada. It is in the municipality of Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré, east of Mont Tremblant. It has 1,000 vertical feet and 41 trails.-External links:*...

     is a ski resort in Quebec, Canada


Ships

  • SS Mont-Blanc
    SS Mont-Blanc
    The SS Mont-Blanc was a French freighter which exploded while carrying ammunition in Halifax Harbour on December 6, 1917 causing the Halifax Explosion which killed 2000 people. The explosion was caused by a collision with the Norwegian ship SS Imo...

    is the name of a World War I era French munition ship involved in the Halifax Explosion
    Halifax Explosion
    The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, which accidentally collided with the Norwegian SS Imo in "The Narrows"...

  • French ship Mont-Blanc (1791)
    French ship Mont-Blanc (1791)
    Mont-Blanc was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the French Navy.She was built at Rochefort as Pyrrhus in 1791. She was renamed Mont-Blanc in 1793 before being renamed Trente-et-un Mai in 1794. Under that name she fought at the Battle of the First of June in June 1794 under Honoré Joseph...

    , of the French Navy
  • Mont Blanc (ship)

Other uses

  • Mont Blanc (dessert)
    Mont Blanc (dessert)
    A Mont Blanc ) is a dessert of puréed, sweetened chestnuts topped with whipped cream...

    , a dessert
  • Mont-Blanc (department) is a former departement of the First French Empire
  • Mont Blanc (poem)
    Mont Blanc (poem)
    "Mont Blanc: Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni" is an ode by the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem was composed between 22 July 1816 and 29 August 1816 during Percy Shelley's journey to the Chamonix Valley, and intended to reflect the scenery through which he travelled...

     is the title of an 1816 poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley

  • TV8 Mont-Blanc
    TV8 Mont-Blanc
    TV8 Mont-Blanc is a Savoie-based local television channel, broadcast on Télévision Numérique Terrestre, cable and satellite....

    , a Savoie based television channel
  • An older name for Montblanc (company), a German manufacturer of writing instruments, watches and accessories
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