France / Italy
Mont Blanc
$60
Color — White
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Details
- 12 × 18 inches
- Printed on 98 lb (160 gsm) archival cotton rag paper
- Drawn using precision technical pens and archival inks
- Signed and dated on the back
- Ships flat, carefully protected and ready to frame
Each map begins with elevation data and is drawn by a pen plotter in our Vermont studio. The result merges mechanical precision with the organic texture and imperfections of real ink on paper.
Mont Blanc stands at 15,774 feet on the border of France and Italy, the highest point in Western Europe. Its first ascent in 1786 is widely considered the birth of mountaineering as a pursuit. Today it draws more than 20,000 summit attempts each year via the Gouter Route, making it one of the most climbed major peaks in the world. The mountain anchors the Mont Blanc massif, a compact range of granite aiguilles, glaciers, and snowfields that defines the landscape above Chamonix.
This map traces the massive glacial terrain that radiates from the summit dome. The Mer de Glace, the longest glacier in the Alps, carves a sweeping arc down the north side. The Bossons Glacier drops steeply toward Chamonix in a compressed cascade of contour lines. On the Italian side, the topography falls away more abruptly into the Val Veny, where the lines stack so tightly they nearly merge into solid bands of elevation.
Location Details
Location
Mont Blanc
Range
Graian Alps
Region
Alps
Elevation
15,774 ft / 4,808 m
Coordinates
45.8326, 6.8652
Type
peak
The highest peak in Western Europe and the birthplace of modern mountaineering
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