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Mont Buet

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3 098 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

614 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 2 023 m

About

The Mont Buet (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ bɥɛ]; 3,096 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France. Mont Buet has played an important role in the history of science at the end of the eighteenth century when a series of Genevan scientists such as Jean-André Deluc, Horace Bénédict de Saussure or Marc-Auguste Pictet climbed to the summit to carry out scientific observations. Before the first successful ascents on the Mont Blanc in 1786, Mont Buet was "the highest among those accessible in this area" of the Alps. Mont Buet remains a popular destination especially because of the exceptional view on Mont Blanc, and the panoramic view from the summit.

There's a hiking trail (T2) leading to the summit. Mont Buet is one of the 2 peaks along the Mont Buet.

By elevation Mont Buet is

# 1 out of 71 in Réserve naturelle de Sixt-Passy
# 11 out of 1273 in the Savoy Prealps

By prominence Mont Buet is

# 1 out of 71 in Réserve naturelle de Sixt-Passy
# 73 out of 9907 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
# 20 out of 1207 in Upper Savoy
# 27 out of 1273 in the Savoy Prealps

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