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The Cornettes de Bise is a
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
in the Chablais Alps, overlooking
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. At 2,432 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the subrange running from Pas de Morgins to Lake Geneva. The mountain is located on the border between
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(west) and Switzerland (east). Nearest localities are Miex (
Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, ValĂȘs; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the S ...
) and La Chapelle-d'Abondance ( Haute Savoie). Various trails lead to the summit from both sides.


Panorama


See also

* List of mountains of Valais * List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland


References


External links


Cornettes de Bise on Summitpost
Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Valais Two-thousanders of Switzerland {{valais-mountain-stub