Dent de Savigny
Dent de Savigny | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,252 m (7,388 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 848 m (2,782 ft)[2] |
Parent peak | Vanil Noir |
Coordinates | 46°32′58.8″N 7°13′36.4″E / 46.549667°N 7.226778°ECoordinates: 46°32′58.8″N 7°13′36.4″E / 46.549667°N 7.226778°E |
Naming | |
English translation | Savigny's Tooth |
Language of name | French |
Geography | |
Location in Switzerland | |
Location | Fribourg/Vaud, Switzerland |
Range coordinates | 46°32′58.8006″N 7°13′36.4008″E / 46.549666833°N 7.226778000°E |
Parent range | Bernese Alps |
Geology | |
Age of rock | 770 Million Years |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1905 |
Easiest route | Southeast |
The Dent de Savigny is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Vaud and Fribourg. With an elevation of 2,252 metres above sea level, it one of the highest mountains in the canton of Fribourg.
The closest localities are Jaun (Fribourg) and Rougemont (Vaud).
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Categories:
- Mountains of the Alps
- Mountains of Switzerland
- Mountains of the canton of Vaud
- Mountains of the canton of Fribourg
- Fribourg–Vaud border
- Vaud geography stubs
- Canton of Fribourg geography stubs