Dent de Combette

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Dent de Combette
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Dent de Ruth (left), Dent de Savigny (centre) and Dent de Combette (far-right)
Highest point
Elevation 2,082 m (6,831 ft)
Prominence 242 m (794 ft) [1]
Parent peak Dent de Savigny
Coordinates 46°31′39.4″N7°12′13.6″E / 46.527611°N 7.203778°E / 46.527611; 7.203778 Coordinates: 46°31′39.4″N7°12′13.6″E / 46.527611°N 7.203778°E / 46.527611; 7.203778
Geography
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Dent de Combette
Location in Switzerland
Location Vaud, Switzerland
Parent range Bernese Alps

The Dent de Combette (2,082 m) is a mountain of the western Bernese Alps, located north of Rougemont in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It lies south of the border with the canton of Fribourg, on the chain culminating at the Dent de Savigny.

A secondary summit on the south side of the mountain (2,026 m) is named Rochers des Rayes.

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References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Pertet à Bovets (1,840 m).