Tête du Colonney explained

Tête du Colonney
Elevation M:2692
Prominence M:528
Prominence Ref:[1]
Range:Chablais Alps
Location:Haute-Savoie, France
Map:Alps
Coordinates:45.9727°N 6.6902°W

Tête du Colonney (in French pronounced as /tɛt dy kɔlɔnɛ/; 2,692 m) is a mountain in the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France.

Standing above the Plateau d'Assy, the mountain provides unobscured views of Mont Blanc to the southeast from its summit.

It is located in the Faucigny massif, west of the Platé desert, on the border of the communes of Sallanches and Passy.

The toponym Colonney has no certified Latin origin and is assumed to be of Celtic origin, with the Gaulish word colono meaning "common property".[2] The Tête du Colonney materialized perhaps the boundary between two countries. On its foot, in the commune of Sallanches, another name is characteristic of the boundaries between territories: Arpenaz and its waterfall, of the Gaulish "arepennis" meaning end of the land.

Access

Tête du Colonney can be reached from the North starting in Flaine, in the winter also by cable car.[3] Alternatively it can be reached from teh South from Praz Coutant.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chablais and Faucigny P150 list. Mark Trengove. 10 November 2019.
  2. Book: Delamarre, Xavier . [www.worldcat.org/oclc/1127387694 Dictionnaire des thèmes nominaux du gaulois ]. 2019 . les Cent chemins . 978-1-7980-5040-8 . Linguistique . Paris . 235.
  3. Web site: Tete du Colonney - Summitpost. summitpost.org. 10 November 2019.
  4. Web site: 2017-10-17 . Tête du Colonney (2692m) par le col du Colonney et Praz Coutant - Randonnée Platé - Fiz - Passy . 2024-08-21 . www.altituderando.com . fr.