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Arvas Massif
The resort of Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves with the Aiguilles d'Arves in the background
Highest point
Elevation	3,514 m (11,529 ft)
Parent peak	Aiguilles d'Arves
Coordinates	45°07′27″N 6°19′59″E / 45.1242579°N 6.3329715°E / 45.1242579; 6.3329715
Naming
Native name	Massif des Arves (French)
Geography
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Country	France
Departments	Savoie Isère Hautes-Alpes
Regions	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Parent range	French Alps

The Arves massif (French: Massif des Arves, pronounced [masif dez‿aʁv]) are a massif in the French Alps located in the departments of Savoie, Isère and Hautes-Alpes. Oisans covers part of the massif.^[1]

Geography

Although often considered part of the Grandes Rousses massif, it is distinguished from it by the valley formed by the Arvan and Ferrand rivers to the west.^[2] To the south, separated by the Romanche river, lies the Écrins massif, to the east the Cerces massif, to the northeast the Arc valley (Maurienne) and the Vanoise massif, and finally to the northwest the Belledonne range.

The massif is deeply incised by the Arvan River at the level of the commune of Albiez-Montrond, which flows from south to north, emptying into the Arc river at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.^[3]

^ "Les Aiguilles d'Arves". Maurienne Tourisme (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-16.
^ La montagne & alpinisme (in French). Club alpin français et Groupe de haute montagne. 2005. p. 34.
^ Muirhead, Findlay; Monmarché, Marcel (1923). The French Alps. Macmillan and Company, Limited. p. 152.

Sections
(as per SOIUSA)

South-western	(1) Ligurian Alps (2) Maritime Alps (3) Provence Alps and Prealps (4) Cottian Alps (5) Dauphiné Alps (6) Dauphiné Prealps
North-western	(7) Graian Alps (8) Savoy Prealps (9) Pennine Alps (10) Lepontine Alps (11) Lugano Prealps (12) Bernese Alps i.t.w.m. (13) Glarus Alps (14) Swiss Prealps

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