Parpaillon massif

Parpaillon Massif
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Highest point
Elevation	3,046 m (9,993 ft)
Parent peak	Grand Bérard
Coordinates	44°29′12″N 6°38′12″E
Naming
Native name	Massif du Parpaillon (French)
Geography
Country	France
Departments	Hautes-Alpes Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The Parpaillon massif (French: massif du Parpaillon, pronounced [masif dy paʁpajɔ̃]) are a massif in the French Alps. It serves as the boundary between the departments of Hautes-Alpes to the north and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence to the south. Additionally, it separates the Embrun region from the Ubaye valley. The massif extends from the Serre-Ponçon lake in the west to the Col de Vars, which distinguishes it from the Escreins massif, and to the middle Ubaye valley in the southeast, near Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, where it is bordered by the Mercantour-Argentera massif and the Chambeyron massif.

Etymology

For some, the meaning of this toponym is papillon (transl. butterfly), which is "parpalhon" in Occitan.^[1] However, it is more likely derived from the pre-Gaulish (Ligurian) term "pal," which is common in the names of mountains and escarpments.

Main summits

• Grand Bérard, 3,046 m
• Grand Parpaillon, 2,990 m
• Chalanche, 2,984 m
• Tête de Vallon Claous, 2,945 m
• Mont Tailland, 2,938 m
• Grande Combe, 2,937 m
• Tête de Crouès, 2,928 m
• Tête de Frusta, 2,926 m
• Barre de la Pisse, 2,925 m
• Tête du Crachet, 2,919 m
• Aupillon, 2,916 m
• Pouzenc, 2,898 m
• Grande Épervière, 2,884 m
• Pointe de l'Eyssina, 2,837 m
• Pic de Boussolenc, 2,832 m
• Montagnette, 2,811 m
• Pic de Chabrières, 2,727 m
• Pic de Morgon, 2,324 m

References

1. Nègre, Ernest (1996). Toponymie générale de la France (in French). Librairie Droz. p. 1192. ISBN 978-2-600-00133-5.