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Mont Blanc (môN bläN), Alpine massif, on the French-Italian border, SE of Geneva. One of its several peaks, also called Mont Blanc (15,771 ft/4,807 m), is the highest peak in France and the second highest in Europe. The southeastern (Italian) face is a massive wall; on the northwestern slopes are numerous glaciers, the largest of which (the Mer de Glace) flows into the valley of Chamonix Chamonix , town (1990 pop. 10,062), Haute-Savoie dept., E France, at the foot of Mont Blanc. The principal base for climbing Mont Blanc and for visiting the Mer de Glace, it is a popular summer and winter resort.
..... Click the link for more information. , a famous French resort region and starting point for mountain climbers. There are many hotels and hostels along the base of Mont Blanc. The first successful ascent of Mont Blanc was made in 1786. In 1965 a highway tunnel (7.5 mi/12.1 km long) under Mont Blanc, linking Chamonix with Courmayeur, Italy, was opened to traffic. It provides a short, year-round route between Paris and Rome, as well as a link between the Geneva region and Italy. It was closed as a result of a fire from 1999 to 2002. The tunnel is one of the longest vehicular tunnels in the world.

Mont Blanc

a massif in SW Europe, mainly between France and Italy: the highest mountain in the Alps; beneath it is Mont Blanc Tunnel, 12 km (7.5 miles) long. Highest peak (in France): 4807 m (15 771 ft.)

Mont Blanc

a mountain massif in the Western Alps, extending from southwest to northeast for 50 km along the border of France, Italy, and Switzerland. Elevation, up to 4,807 m (the highest in the Alps and in all of Western Europe). It is composed of granites, gneisses, and crystalline schists. There is sharply dissected alpine relief. The snow line is at elevations of 2,850–3,100 m. The area of the present glaciation is 277 sq km; the largest glacier is Mer de Glace (15 km long). Part of the watershed between the Po and Rhône rivers runs along the massif. Mont Blanc is a mountain-climbing center and has astronomy and meteorology observatories. An 11.6-km vehicular tunnel from France to Italy passes through Mont Blanc.

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7) 28 In France there's an expletive of exasperation to find French ice cream at the Mt Blanc attraction (3,2,5) 29 Area of El Salvador turning over gold on a hectare by the church with a sifting utensil (10) 30 A country to put property on, say, in N Nigeria (9) 32 A snake held by a girl scattered some Jews (8) 35 Block Republicans surround in an Ecuadorean city (6) 39 One from Borneo has a date with a long-haired Tibetan (4) 41 Couple of firms on the Nicaragua-Honduras border come on-stream?

NI jumbo prize crossword by New Internationalist

ae Three men, Aaron Heather, Rory Wallace and Ali Mohmadi of Turner and Townsend, Dubai have challenged themselves to not only climb two of Europe's most formidable mountains, Mt Blanc and the Matterhorn next month, but in the process raise much needed funds for a local charity.

Three men to climb EuropeAAEs peaks by 7 Days (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

She died on Friday night after losing her footing on a patch of black ice while approaching the summit of the Tour Ronde Peak on Mt Blanc.

Tributes for British climber who fell to her death in the Alps by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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