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Mont Cenis
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Cenis, Mount

 French Mont Cenis Italian Moncenísio

Massif and pass, Alps. Located in southeastern France west of Turin, Italy, the pass was an invasion route from earliest times and is traversed by a road 24 mi (38 km) long, built by Napoleon in 1803–10. The road climbs to Mount Cenis Pass (elevation 6,834 ft [2,083 m]) and passes between two peaks more than 8,200 ft (2,500 m) high. The Mount Cenis railway tunnel, 8.5 mi (14 km) long, was the first great tunnel through the Alps (opened 1871). The road tunnel, about 8 mi (13 km) long, opened in 1980.


Mont Cenis 

(in Italian, Monte Cenisio), a pass between the Cottian and Graian Alps in France, close to the Italian border. Elevation, 2,083 m. The pass connects the Isère and Dora Riparia river basins and is traversed by the Grenoble-Turin highway. To the southwest, beneath the Fréjus pass, is the Mont Cenis railroad tunnel.



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