Colle della Croce
{{Short description|Pedestrian pass of the Cottian Alps}}{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Colle della Croce
Col Lacroix
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| elevation_m = 2299
| elevation_ref = Géoportail IGN on [http://www.geoportail.fr/5069711/visu2D/afficher-en-2d.htm www.geoportail.fr]
| traversed = bridle path
| map = Alps
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| label = Colle della Croce
| coords = {{coord|44|46|20|N|07|01|16|E|type:pass_region:IT|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| location = Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Piemonte, Italy
| range = Cottian Alps
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The Colle della Croce (Italian) or Col Lacroix (French, sometimes referred as Col de la CroixRistolas - Ristolas, Christophe Antoine; web site Tourisme & randonnée en Queyras [http://queyras.aparcourir.com/c_geo/geo_fiche.php?id=Ristolas http://queyras.aparcourir.com] (accessed: May 2012)) is a pedestrian pass (el. 2,299 m / 7,541 ft) of the Cottian Alps.
Etymology
Geography
The pass connects the villages of La Montà (commune of Ristolas, in France) and Villanova (comune of Bobbio Pellice, in Italy).
It forms the limit between the Central and the Southern Cottian Alps.{{cite book
| last = Marazzi
| first = Sergio
| title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA
| publisher = Priuli & Verlucca
| year = 2005
| language = it
| isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8
}}
Notes
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Maps
- Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]
- French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: [http://www.geoportail.fr/5069711/visu2D/afficher-en-2d.htm www.geoportail.fr]
- Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n.6 Monviso
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Category:Mountain passes of Piedmont
Category:Mountain passes of the Alps