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Dents Blanches
Dents Blanches

The Dents Blanches (from French, lit. White Teeth) is a mountain in the Chablais Alps on the Swiss-French border. It is composed of several summits of which the Dent de Barme is the highest.

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N 46.132 ° E 6.8418333333333 °
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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