Parpaillon massif
{{Short description|Mountain range in French Alps}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Parpaillon Massif
| native_name = {{Native name|fr|Massif du Parpaillon}}
| map = France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#France
| coordinates = {{Coord|44.4867558|6.6367305|format=dms|type:mountain}}
| country = France
| region_type = Region
| region = Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
| subdivision1_type = Departments
| subdivision1 = {{hlist|Hautes-Alpes|Alpes-de-Haute-Provence}}
| parent_peak = Grand Bérard
| elevation_m = 3046
}}
The Parpaillon massif ({{langx|fr|massif du Parpaillon}}, {{IPA|fr|masif dy paʁpajɔ̃|pron}}) 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 ({{Translation|butterfly}}), which is "parpalhon" in Occitan.{{Cite book |last=Nègre |first=Ernest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbpVLN1tRNoC |title=Toponymie générale de la France |date=1996 |publisher=Librairie Droz |isbn=978-2-600-00133-5 |pages=1192 |language=fr}} 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
External links
{{Commons-inline|Massif du Parpaillon}}
References
{{Reflist}}{{Western Alps}}{{HautesAlpes-geo-stub}}{{AlpesHauteProvence-geo-stub}}
Category:Geography of Hautes-Alpes