The Cote Alps ( French Alpes Cottiennes , Italian. Alpi Cozie ) - mountains , part of the Western Alps in France and Italy .
| Cote Alps | |
|---|---|
| fr. Alpes Cottiennes , Ital. Alpi cozie | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 8,242 km² |
| Length | 144 km |
| Width | 109 km |
| Highest point | |
| Highest peak | Monte Viso |
| Absolute height | 3841 [1] m |
| Location | |
| Country |
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| Regions | Rhone - Alps , Provence - Alps - Cote d'Azur , Piedmont |
| Mountain system | Alps |
Cote Alps on a map of the Alps
The Cotte Alps are separated from the Alps in the south ( Larsch pass ( Maddalena ), from the Grey Alps (in the north) by the Mont Senis pass , and from the Alps Dauphine (in the west) by the Galibier pass.
The main arrays and peaks:
- Monte Viso (3841 m);
- Mont Cenis
- Pointe de Rons (3612 m);
- Surs
- Gran Galibier (3229 m);
- Keira
- Roshbrune peak (3320 m);
- Yubey / Orney
- Aiguille de Chambeyron (3412 m).
The name of the Cote Alps comes from the name of the leader of the Ligurian tribes of Cottia ( Latin Marcus Julius Cottius , Italian. Cozio ), who at the end of the 1st century BC. e. voluntarily submitted to Augustus , having received the title of prefect of a dozen neighboring tribes.
The most important road and railway Grenoble - Turin with the Frejus tunnel passes through the Cotte Alps.
Literature
- Cottian Alps // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Cote Alps // Basket - Kukunor. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1953. - P. 161. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 vols.] / Ch. Ed. B. A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 23).