Pointe Percée
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The Pointe Percée is the highest mountain in the Aravis range
in Haute-Savoie
. It rises to 2752 meters and has 1643 m of prominence, and thus is classified as an ultra prominent peak
. Its first documented climb was by M. L. Maquelin of Geneva in 1865, though likely climbed much earlier.
Aravis Range
The Aravis is a mountain range in Savoie and Haute-Savoie, eastern France. It is part of the French Prealps, a lower chain of mountain ranges west of the main chain of the Alps. Its highest summit is the Pointe Percée, at 2752m. The orientation of the Aravis is north-south, and it stretches from...
in Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie is a French department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy. The capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges and the French entrance to the Mont...
. It rises to 2752 meters and has 1643 m of prominence, and thus is classified as an ultra prominent peak
Ultra prominent peak
An ultra prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain with a topographic prominence of or more. There are a total of roughly 1,524 such peaks in the world. Some are famous even to non-climbers, such as Mount Everest, Aconcagua, and Mount McKinley , while others are much more obscure...
. Its first documented climb was by M. L. Maquelin of Geneva in 1865, though likely climbed much earlier.