Mountain range in southeastern France
The
Charmant Som and
Chamechaude from the
Col de la Grande Vache
Map of the Chartreuse massif
The Chartreuse Mountains (
French : massif de la Chartreuse
[masif d(ə) la ʃaʁtʁøz] ) are a
mountain range in southeastern
France , stretching from the city of
Grenoble in the south to the
Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the
French Prealps , which continue as the
Bauges to the north and the
Vercors to the south.
Etymology
The name Chartreuse is derived from the village now known as
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse , earlier Catorissium , Cantourisa , Caturissium , and Chatrousse .
[1] It appears to be of
Gaulish origin;
[2] and is perhaps related to the name of the
Caturiges tribe.
[3]
Geography
The mountain range rises between
Grenoble (south),
Chambéry (north),
Voiron and
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont (west) and
Grésivaudan (Isère valley , east)
Main summits
Summits of the Chartreuse Mountains include:
Chamechaude , 2,082 metres (6,831 ft)
Dent de Crolles , 2,062 metres (6,765 ft)
Les Lances de Malissard 2,045 metres (6,709 ft)
Grand Som , 2,026 metres (6,647 ft)
Dôme de Bellefont 1,975 metres (6,480 ft)
Piton de Bellefont 1,958 metres (6,424 ft)
Mont Granier , 1,933 metres (6,342 ft)
La Grande Sure , 1,920 metres (6,299 ft)
Le Charmant Som 1,867 metres (6,125 ft)
Sommet du Pinet ou le Truc 1,867 metres (6,125 ft)
Rochers de Chalves 1,845 metres (6,053 ft)
Rocher de Lorzier 1,838 metres (6,030 ft)
Dent de l'Ours 1,820 metres (5,971 ft)
Scia 1,791 metres (5,876 ft)
Petit Som 1,772 metres (5,814 ft)
Pinéa 1,771 metres (5,810 ft)
Mont Outheran 1,673 metres (5,489 ft)
Grands Crêts 1,489 metres (4,885 ft)
Pointe de la Gorgeat 1,486 metres (4,875 ft)
Écoutoux 1,406 metres (4,613 ft)
mont Saint-Eynard 1,358 metres (4,455 ft)
Néron 1,298 metres (4,259 ft)
Rachais 1,050 metres (3,445 ft)
Main passes
Passes of the Chartreuse Mountains include :
With road
Without road
Main canyons
Canyons of the Chartreuse Mountains include :
Main plateaux
Plateaux of the Chartreuse Mountains include :
Main Caves
The main caves in the Chartreuse include :
Réseau de l'Alpe [
fr ] , 69.6 kilometres (43.2 mi) long, 655 metres (2,149 ft) deep.
[4]
Réseau de la Dent de Crolles - about 60 kilometres (37 mi) long, 690 metres (2,260 ft) deep.
[5]
Système du
Granier , 55.7 kilometres (34.6 mi) long, 635 metres (2,083 ft) deep.
[6]
[7]
Réseau de
malissard , 18.2 kilometres (11.3 mi) long, 415 metres (1,362 ft) deep.
[8]
Système
Pinet-Brouillard , 11.2 kilometres (7.0 mi) long, 507 metres (1,663 ft) deep.
[9]
Panorama of the
Grésivaudan Valley and the Chartreuse Mountains from
Les Sept Laux .
Geology
The lithology is dominated by
limestone , and several hundred kilometres of
cave passages lie beneath the hills, including the world-famous 60 km long
Dent de Crolles system.[
citation needed ]
The
Tour Percée Double Arch, at 32 metres (105 ft) the longest span in the Alps.
Winter sports resorts
Chartreuse winter sports resorts include :
Environment
Miscellaneous
The Chartreuse Mountains gave their name to the monastery of the
Grande Chartreuse , the monastic
Carthusian Order takes its name from these mountains, where its first hermitage was founded in 1084.[
citation needed ]
Also derived from the mountain range's name is that of the alcoholic
cordial
Chartreuse produced by the monks since the 1740s, and of the chartreuse colour,
greenish
hue of the Chartreuse liqueur, named after the drink.[
citation needed ]
See also
References
^
Oxford English Dictionary , 1st edition, 1888
s.v.
^ Juan Luis García Alonso, Continental Celtic Word Formation: The Onomastic Data , p. 42
^ Robert Ellis, A Treatise on Hannibal's Passage of the Alps , 1853,
p. 174
^ Denis Bourgeois (2008).
"Savoie-Quelques nouvelles des fronts…" (PDF) . Spelunca (in French). 111 : 25–30. Retrieved 2018-05-30 .
^ Gardner, John (20 August 2021).
"Réseau de la Dent de Crolles, Chartreuse" . Réseau de la Dent de Crolles, Chartreuse .
Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 25 November 2021 .
^ Denys Bourgeois (2001).
"échos des profondeurs France-Isère-Activités du Spéléo-club de Savoie au Mont Granier (Chartreuse nord)" (PDF) . Spelunca (in French). 83 : 5–6.
ISSN
0991-0735 .
^ Jean-Louis Fantoli.
"gouffre des Myriades" . Retrieved 2018-05-18 .
^ Bernard Loiseleur (1994).
"Le massif du Seuil (Chartreuse, France): organisation des réseaux souterrains" . revue Karstologia (in French). pp. 13–28. Retrieved 2018-06-19 .
^ Jean-Louis Fantoli.
"Gouffre du Brouillard" . Retrieved 2018-05-18 .
External links
45°21′N 5°50′E / 45.350°N 5.833°E / 45.350; 5.833