Mont Pelvoux () is a
mountain in the
Massif des Écrins in the
French Alps. It stands in elevation.
For many years, Mont Pelvoux was believed to be the tallest mountain in the region, since the taller
Barre des Écrins
The Barre des Écrins () is a mountain in the French Alps with a peak elevation of . It is the highest peak of the Massif des Écrins and the Dauphiné Alps and the most southerly alpine peak in Europe that is higher than 4,000 metres. It is t ...
cannot be seen from the
Durance valley.
The
summit of the mountain is called Pointe Puiseux (). There are three subpeaks:
* ''Pointe Durand'' ()
* ''Petit Pelvoux'' ()
* ''Trois Dents du Pelvoux'' ()
Ascents
The first ascent of Mont Pelvoux was by Captain Durand and the two
chamois
The chamois (''Rupicapra rupicapra'') or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains in Europe, from west to east, including the Alps, the Dinarides, the Tatra and the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the R ...
hunters Alexis Liotard and Jacques-Etienne Matheoud on July 30, 1828. This party returned, with more people, to the summit in 1830. Both times they climbed the "Pointe Durand".
[Guillaume Christian]
La Première Ascension du Pelvoux en 1828
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The highest point is named after the astronomer Victor Puiseux
Victor Alexandre Puiseux (; 16 April 1820 – 9 September 1883) was a French mathematician and astronomer. Puiseux series are named after him, as is in part the Bertrand–Diquet–Puiseux theorem. His work on algebraic functions and unif ...
, who reached it first with his guide Pierre Antoine Barnéoud on August 9, 1848.[ W.A.B. Coolidge]
Victor Puiseux et la Première Ascension du Mont Pelvoux
The Alpine Journal, Volume 19, 1898 Barnéoud had been the third guide in the 1830 re-ascent.[
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See also
* List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m
References
External links
Mont Pelvoux on SummitPost
Mont Pelvoux at PeakBagger
Mountains of Hautes-Alpes
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of the Alps
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