Cheval Noir (mountain)

Cheval Noir
Cheval Noir
Highest point
Elevation	2,832 m (9,291 ft)
Coordinates	45°25′19″N 6°24′49″E
Geography
	Cheval Noir Alps

Cheval Noir is a mountain in the French Alps, in the Savoie department.[1][2] It lies between Moûtiers in the north east and La Chambre in the south west. It is 2832 m high.[3]

The mountain is the namesake for the geologic Cheval Noir unit, an accretionary wedge that formed during the subduction of the Valais ocean (or North Penninic ocean).[4]

References

"Le Cheval Noir". thehighrisepages.de.
"Randonnée au Cheval Noir". montagne.plisson.org. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
"Cheval Noir". altituderando.com. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
Ceriani, Stefano; Bernhard Fügenschuh; Sebastien Potel; Stefan M. Schmid (2003). "Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Frontal Penninic units of the Western Alps: correlation between low-grade metamorphism and tectonic phases". Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology. 83: 111–131. Retrieved 25 May 2013.

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[thehighrisepages.de-1] "Le Cheval Noir". thehighrisepages.de.

[montagne.plisson.org-2] "Randonnée au Cheval Noir". montagne.plisson.org. Retrieved 25 May 2013.

[altituderando.com-3] "Cheval Noir". altituderando.com. Retrieved 25 May 2013.

[Ceriani_2003-4] Ceriani, Stefano; Bernhard Fügenschuh; Sebastien Potel; Stefan M. Schmid (2003). "Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Frontal Penninic units of the Western Alps: correlation between low-grade metamorphism and tectonic phases". Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology. 83: 111–131. Retrieved 25 May 2013.