Pointe Percée

{{short description|Mountain in France}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Pointe Percée

| photo = La Pointe Percéee.jpg

| photo_caption = Pointe Percée

| elevation_m = 2753

| elevation_ref = [http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/EuroCoreP1500m.html "Europe Ultra-Prominences"]. Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

| prominence_m = 1643

| prominence_ref =

| listing = Ultra

| map = Alps

| map_caption = Location in the Alps

| label_position =

| location = Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France

| range = Aravis Range

| coordinates = {{coord|45|57|20|N|06|33|22|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| type =

| first_ascent = 1865 by M. L. Maquelin (first documented)

| easiest_route =

}}

The Pointe Percée ({{langx|en|"pierced point"}}) is the highest mountain in the Aravis range of the French Prealps of Haute-Savoie. It rises to an elevation of 2,753 metres and has 1,643 metres of topographic prominence, and is thus is classified as an ultra-prominent peak. Its first documented climb was by M. L. Maquelin of Geneva in 1865, though it was likely climbed much earlier.

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