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Pointe de Ronce · 3,612 m · 4.8 km NE

Lake · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Mont Cenis Lake

1,959 m6,427 ft

Area: 6.08 km²
Tonight: -4°CLight snow · Wind 13 km/h NW

Mont Cenis Lake is a lake at 1,959 m above sea level in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, 6.08 km² in area and 4.9 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,959 m
Length: 4.9 km
Shoreline: 17.9 km

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Lake

Mont Cenis Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 17.9 km≈4½ h to walk around

3D map

Mont Cenis Lake 3D map

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Surface

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Mont Cenis Lake 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.

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Mont Cenis Lake elevation profile

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Weather

Mont Cenis Lake weather

Tonight · Light snow · -4°C (25°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 13 km/h NW

Mont Cenis Lake forecast for about 1,959 m.

Tonight-4°0.6 mm13 km/h NW
Today-4°0°3.8 mm9 km/h NW
Sun-6°6°10.5 mm12 km/h W
Mon-2°10°–8 km/h NW
Tue1°14°–5 km/h NW
Wed0°12°–4 km/h NW
Thu-1°9°–3 km/h NW
Fri-1°10°–3 km/h NW
Sat-1°9°0.2 mm5 km/h NW
Sun-6°6°0.2 mm5 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 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mont Cenis Lake

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

Nearest parking
0.8 km NNW
+2 more within 1.0 km
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Nearest hut
Le Toët
0.8 km NE · +2 more within 4.7 km
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Nearest caravan site
Lac du Mont Cenis
0.8 km NNW
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Nearest campsite
Camping de Lanslevillard
6.3 km NNW · +1 more within 7.1 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	0.8 km NNW
Parking	0.8 km NE
Le ToëtHut	0.8 km NE
Lac du Mont CenisCaravan site	0.8 km NNW
Parking	1.0 km NNE
Les Roches BlanchesHut	1.0 km NNE
Refuge du Petit Mont CenisHut	4.7 km WSW
Camping de LanslevillardCampsite	6.3 km NNW
Camping Les BalmassesCampsite	7.1 km NW

Slope

Share of the 6.9 × 6.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

34.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.2%

Steep, 30–45°

25.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.0%

Steeper than 30°: 29.3% of the 48 km² view
Relief in view: 1,953 m low point 1,593 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 66.8%Water 12.0%Bare rock / sparse 11.6%Moss & lichen 4.5%Trees 2.8%Snow & ice 2.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 600 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Marmot68
Northern Wheatear36
Fireweed33
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens29
Peacock-eye Pink21
Edelweiss19

Where it sits

Where Mont Cenis Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

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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 2026-07-24)
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)
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Mont Cenis Lake

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