page_title: Aiguille de Chambeyron
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Aiguille de Chambeyron / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the Chambeyron group and the north face of the aiguille de Chambeyron from the Font Sancte N. peak Français&#160;: Vue de la face Nord de l'aiguille de Chambeyron (avec les glaciers de Marinet et Chauvet) et du Brec de Chambeyron à l'arrière plan depuis le pic N. de la Font-Sancte Italiano: Il versante nord dell'Aiguille de Chambeyron, con i ghiacciai Marinet e Chauvet, dal picco Nord de la Font Sancte; sullo sfondo, il Brec de Chambeyron
context_page_description: Aiguille de Chambeyron is a French mountain near the border with Italy, just west of the main chain of the Alps that separates the basin of the Rhône river, to the west, and the basin of the Po river, to the east.
  It is the highest peak in the Alps south of Monte Viso.
context_section_description: Aiguille de Chambeyron is in the northeast of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (commune of Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in southeast France.
  With an elevation of 3,412 m (11,194 ft) above sea level, it is the highest point of the department and of the historical region of Provence.
  The mountain is in the Chambeyron Massif of the Cottian Alps. It has two summits, with the west one being the slightly higher.
  On the north side of the mountain are 2 small and quite dead glaciers, filled with rocks: Chauvet Glacier and Marinet Glacier.
caption: The Chambeyron Massif, with Aiguille de chambeyron near left
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