Croix de Belledonne
Croix de Belledonne, at , is one of the highest points in the Belledonne range in the French Alps, close to the highest summit in the range, Grand Pic de Belledonne at . The name derives from the cross erected on the summit ("croix" means cross in French ). Geography. Located in the department of Isère, Croix of Belledonne is one of the highest summits in the Belledonne range. History. The first ascension is estimated to have taken place around 1850. The gap separating the Croix de Belledonne from the Central Peak is named after the alpinist Henry Duhamel Croix