Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis

The Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis is a rock formation in Pontis, near Embrun in the French Alps, located on the edge of the Lac de Serre-Ponçon. The formation consists of a number of hoodoos, described as a "set of narrowly-tapered rock columns....topped with a large rock balanced neatly on the tip."[1] In French, such structures are referred to as Demoiselles Coiffées ("ladies with hairdos").

Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis
LocationPontis, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Coordinates44°30′15″N 6°21′00″E

It is one of the best-known[2] and most attractive[3] examples in France of the structure; an earlier commentator referred to them as "some fifty bizarre columns with hairdos."[4]

The Tour de France will use the road past the Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis on the last mountain stage (July 20) of the 2017 tour.[5]

View from above.

See also

References
  1. Collins, Russ (2005–2011). "Demoiselles Coiffées". ProvenceBeyond. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. Haug, Émile (1907). Traité de géologie. 1. Librairie Armand Colin. p. 386.
  3. Godefroy, René (1940). La nature alpine: exposé de géographie physique. B. Arthaud. p. 121.
  4. G., E. (1900–1901). "Chronique des sociétés Alpines". Revue des alpes dauphinoises. Grenoble: Société des alpinists Dauphinois. 3: 19–21.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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