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Glacier · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Glacier Noir

2,860 m9,383 ft

Area: 1.18 km²
Lowest point: 2,148 m
Tonight: -10°CFog · Wind 12 km/h W

Glacier Noir in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France covers 1.18 km² and spans 2,148–2,860 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 2,860 m

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Glacier

Glacier Noir: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 712 m
Mean slope: 20°
Faces: eastmorning sun

3D map

Glacier Noir 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Glacier Noir terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Glacier Noir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Glacier Noir weather

Tonight · Fog · -10°C (14°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 12 km/h W

Glacier Noir forecast for about 2,860 m.

Tonight-10°0.2 mm12 km/h W
Today-11°-6°1.5 mm12 km/h NW
Sun-9°-1°9.8 mm10 km/h W
Mon-5°3°–6 km/h NW
Tue-3°6°–4 km/h NW
Wed-5°3°–4 km/h NW
Thu-5°3°–2 km/h NW
Fri-5°2°–3 km/h NW
Sat-5°1°0.2 mm4 km/h NW
Sun-8°0°–4 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Glacier Noir

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glacier Noir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Chalet Refuge du Pré de Madame Carle
2.6 km E · +2 more within 3.4 km
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Nearest parking
2.7 km E
+2 more within 5.7 km
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Nearest campsite
bivouac du glacier blanc
3.4 km NE · +2 more within 4.8 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Chalet Refuge du Pré de Madame CarleHut	2.6 km E
Refuge CézanneHut	2.6 km E
Parking	2.7 km E
Parking	3.1 km E
Campsite	3.3 km SSE
bivouac du glacier blancCampsite	3.4 km NE
Refuge du Glacier BlancHut	3.4 km NE
bivouac du séléCampsite	4.8 km S
Parking	5.7 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 3.9 × 3.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

12.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

20.4%

Steep, 30–45°

35.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

31.7%

Steeper than 30°: 66.9% of the 15 km² view
Relief in view: 2,003 m low point 2,018 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 73.8%Snow & ice 20.8%Grassland 2.5%Moss & lichen 1.9%Water 1.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2.0 km of Glacier Noir.

Summit list 3

1Barre des Écrins4,102 m 1.7 km WNW
2Pic Lory4,086 m 1.9 km WNW
3Pic Coolidge3,775 m 1.9 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.0 km; 72 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Adenostyles leucophylla6
Mossy saxifrage5
Alpine willowherb5
Moss Campion4
Hoary Groundsel4
Northern Chamois3

Where it sits

Where Glacier Noir sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Vallée de la Clarée2,000 m23 km ENE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGGlacier Noir satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-22)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Glacier Noir

West → east through the centre

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