Mont Cenis (French pronunciation:[mɔ̃s(ə)ni]; Italian: Moncenisio, pronounced[montʃeˈnizjo]) is a massif in Savoie (France) (with an elevation of 3,612 m (11,850 ft) at Pointe de Ronce and a pass at an elevation of 2,085 m (6,841 ft)), which forms the limit between the Cottian and Graian Alps.
MontCenis (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ s(ə)ni]; Italian: Moncenisio, pronounced [montʃeˈnizjo]) is a massif in Savoie (France) (with an elevation of 3...
The MontCenis Pass Railway operated from 1868 to 1871 (with some interruptions) during the construction of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps between...
under Italian occupation. Codenamed Operation Izard, the attack on the MontCenis pass began on the 5 April. It was carried out by the 3,000 men of the...
The Jardin botanique de MontCenis is an alpine botanical garden located on MontCenis above the town of Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France...
were practicable for motor vehicles: the Little Saint Bernard Pass, the MontCenis, the Col de Montgenèvre, the Maddalena Pass (Col de Larche) and the Col...
example: the locomotives' shoes were replaced after each journey on the MontCenis Pass Railway. Extra brake shoes were fitted to specially designed or adapted...
pre-mountainous zones. The oldest names for such passes are Mont (still retained in cases of MontCenis and Monte Moro), for it was many ages before this term...
the Graioceli Celtic tribe, which dwelled in the area surrounding the MontCenis pass and the Viù valley. Other sources claim that the name comes from...
Chambéry in France through the Fréjus tunnel or by crossing the Col du MontCenis (2083m), and to Briançon, also in France, over the Col de Montgenèvre...
Ceni or Cenis may refer to: MontCenis, a mountain in France Hasinai, a Native American tribe Ceni (surname), the name of several notable people Cenizo...
Alps along the flanks of Mont Blanc. The pass was used by Napoleon Bonaparte to cross 40,000 troops in 1800. The MontCenis pass has been a major commercial...
useful small airstrip) Termignon Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Lanslevillard (the two villages form the resort Val Cenis) Bessans (popular area for cross-country...
on the TEE Lemano, Mediolanum, and Ligure services, but not on the TEE MontCenis, which was discontinued on September 30, 1972. In 1970–71 the FS ordered...
Creek to the northwest; the MontCenis Pass to the north, which connects the Cottian Alps with the Graian Alps; MontCenis Lake, the Cenischia Valley,...
du Milieu in the massif des Grandes-Rousses Lac du Mont-Cenis in the massif du Mont-Cenis Lac du Mont-Coua in the massif de la Vanoise Lacs des Nettes at...
the tunnel was the world's second-longest, after the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) MontCenis Tunnel through the French Alps. It was the longest tunnel in North America...
Tunnel MontCenis Tunnel (railway) and Fréjus road tunnel Great St Bernard Tunnel (Gran San Bernardo / Grosser Sankt Bernhard, road tunnel) Mont Blanc...
du MontCenis almost 800m below, as well as several pistes running down to the lake's shore. There is now even more skiing available from Val Cenis as...
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