Mont Blanc
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Summary
Mont Blanc is a mountain[1]. It ranks in the top 0.068% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49,111 views/month, #9 of 13,313).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[3], Saint-Gervais-les-Bains[4], Courmayeur[5]
- Country: France[6], Italy[7]
- Instance of: main peak[8], highest point[9], pyramidal peak[10], ultra-prominent peak[11], ice dome[12], four-thousander[13]
- Made from material: granite[14], gneiss[15]
- Part of: Seven Summits[16], drainage divide between the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas[17], France–Italy border[18]
- Commons category: Mont Blanc[19]
- Significant event: first ascent of Mont Blanc[20], fastest climb[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mont Blanc[22]
- Commons gallery: Mont Blanc[23]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], The New Student's Reference Work[27], Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band[28]
- Native label: Monte Bianco[29], Mont Blanc[30]
- Elevation above sea level: 4807.02 m[31], 4810.02 m[32], 4808.72 m[33], 4808.06 m[34], 4807.81 m[35], 4805.59 m[36]
- Hashtag: montebianco[37], mont_blanc_(food)[38]
- Topographic isolation: 2812 km[39]
- Topographic prominence: 4692 m[40]
- Located in protected area: Mont Blanc - site d'exception[41], Massif du Mont-Blanc (site classé)[42], Ambienti Glaciali del Monte Bianco[43]
- Mountain range: Mont Blanc massif[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mont Blanc include Tour du Mont-Blanc[45], a GR[46], in Switzerland[47]; Mont-Blanc[48], a department of France[49], in France[50], founded in 1792[51]; Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport[52], an airport[53], in France[54]; it[55], a mons[56]; 10958 it[57], an asteroid[58]; and Éco Savoie Mont Blanc[59], a magazine[60], founded in 2016[61].
Why It Matters
Mont Blanc has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for it include Tour du Mont-Blanc[45], a GR[46], in Switzerland[47]; Mont-Blanc[48], a department of France[49], in France[50], founded in 1792[51]; Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport[52], an airport[53], in France[54]; it[55], a mons[56]; 10958 it[57], an asteroid[58]; and Éco Savoie Mont Blanc[59], a magazine[60], founded in 2016[61].