What is Aiguille de Chambeyron?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Aiguille de Chambeyron | other_name = | photo = Chambeyron-lac du marinet.jpg | photo_alt = Aiguille de Chambeyron from Lake Marinet | photo_size = | photo_caption = Aiguille de Chambeyron from Lake Marinet | elevation_m = 3412 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pbag>{{cite web |url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9918 |title=Aiguille de Chambeyron, France|publisher=Peakbagger.com |access-date=20 September 2016 }}</ref> | prominence_m = 771 | prominence_ref = <ref name=pbag /> | parent_peak = | listing = | location = [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]], [[France]] | range = [[Cottian Alps]] | topo = | first_ascent = 1879 | easiest_route = South side, from the Chambeyron Hut | map = Alps | label_position = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in the [[Alps]] | map_size = | coordinates_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|44|32|51|N|6|51|22|E}} | type = | age = | last_eruption = }} '''Aiguille de Chambeyron''' is a [[France|French]] [[mountain]] near the border with [[Italy]], just west of the main [[Mountain chain|chain]] of the [[Alps]] that separates the [[Drainage basin|basin]] of the [[Rhône]] river, to the west, and the basin of the [[Po (river)|Po]] river, to the east. It is the highest [[Mountain|peak]] in the Alps south of [[Monte Viso]].<ref name=pware>{{cite peakware |id=980 |title=Aiguille de Chambeyron, France|publisher=Peakware |accessdate=20 September 2016}}</ref> ==Geography== [[File:Chambeyron nord.jpg|thumb|left|The Chambeyron Massif, with Aiguille de chambeyron near left]] Aiguille de Chambeyron is in the northeast of the [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] [[Departments of France|department]] (commune of [[Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye]]), [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]], in southeast France. With an [[elevation]] of {{Convert|3412|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]], it is the highest point of the department and of the [[History|historical]] region of [[Provence]].<ref name=pbag /> The mountain is in the ''Chambeyron Massif'' of the [[Cottian Alps]].