Mont Blanc - Grand Combin

Series details

£17.95

Mont Blanc - Grand Combin area in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50,000, covering the whole country on 78 small format sheets (Nos. 205 - 297), with special larger maps published for popular tourist destinations. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief and hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland's mountainous terrain.

Small format sheets:
- Contours at 20-metres intervals
- Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map
- 1km grid for Swiss national grid coordinates (datum CH 1903 - Bessel) plus margin ticks showing latitude and longitude in steps of 5'
- Area covered is 35 x 24 km / 21 x 15 miles approx.
Special larger sheets:
- Contours at 20-metres intervals
- No map legend included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead
- 1km grid for Swiss national grid coordinates (datum CH 1903 - Bessel) only
- Area covered is 50 x 35 km / 31 x 22 miles approx.

Alternatives from Swiss topographic survey:
Editions with an overprint highlighting local footpaths and bus routes with bus stops. These maps are listed on our website separately in the Switzerland: Swiss Survey 50K Hiking Editions of Topographic Maps series. The whole country is covered on small format sheets, with special larger maps also available for selected areas.

Please note: Most of the area covered by this title is also shown on a hiking edition map number 5027T (Grand St.Bernard - Combins - Arolla), but without extending west to Mont Blanc and Chamonix.

• Raised relief map of Mont Blanc:*
  Institute Géographique National, French national survey organization, is renowned for their excellent series of 3-D plastic maps, including a spectacular map of the Mont Blanc massif at 1:50,000 of both the horizontal and, unsusually for such maps, the vertical scale. Coverage of the whole of the French Alps is available at a variety of scales. Unfortunately, due to frequent damage in transit to our customers, we are unable to offer these maps on our website. The Mont Blanc map is available as regular stock, and all others can be ordered for collection from our London shop. Please contact us by e-mail for a full list of titles