Parpaillon massif

Mountain range in French Alps

Parpaillon Massif

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Parpaillon Massif

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Highest pointElevation3,046 m (9,993 ft)Parent peakGrand BérardCoordinates

Hautes-Alpes
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The Parpaillon massif are a massif in the French Alps. It serves as the boundary between the departments of Hautes-Alpes to the north and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence to the south. Additionally, it separates the Embrun region from the Ubaye valley. The massif extends from the Serre-Ponçon lake in the west to the Col de Vars, which distinguishes it from the Escreins massif, and to the middle Ubaye valley in the southeast, near Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, where it is bordered by the Mercantour-Argentera massif and the Chambeyron massif.

Etymology

For some, the meaning of this toponym is papillon (transl. butterfly), which is "parpalhon" in Occitan.^[1] However, it is more likely derived from the pre-Gaulish (Ligurian) term "pal," which is common in the names of mountains and escarpments.

Main summits

Grand Bérard, 3,046 m
Grand Parpaillon, 2,990 m
Chalanche, 2,984 m
Tête de Vallon Claous, 2,945 m
Mont Tailland, 2,938 m
Grande Combe, 2,937 m
Tête de Crouès, 2,928 m
Tête de Frusta, 2,926 m
Barre de la Pisse, 2,925 m
Tête du Crachet, 2,919 m
Aupillon, 2,916 m
Pouzenc, 2,898 m
Grande Épervière, 2,884 m
Pointe de l'Eyssina, 2,837 m
Pic de Boussolenc, 2,832 m
Montagnette, 2,811 m
Pic de Chabrières, 2,727 m
Pic de Morgon, 2,324 m

References

^ Nègre, Ernest (1996). Toponymie générale de la France (in French). Librairie Droz. p. 1192. ISBN 978-2-600-00133-5.

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