{{Short description|Mountain pass in France}} {{Infobox mountain pass | name = Col de Tourniol | photo = Pierre Chauve von Norden her.jpg | photo_caption = View of the switchbacks on the western slope of Col de Tourniol. | elevation_m = 1145 | elevation_ref = <ref>[https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=5.18444,44.91889&z=5.0E-5&l0=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Géoportail]</ref> | range = Massif du Vercors (Alps) | coordinates = {{coord|44|55|06|N|5|11|04|E|type:pass_region:FR|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | location = France | traversed = D101 | traversed2 = D101 | map = | map_caption = }}The '''Col de Tourniol''' is a mountain pass located at an altitude of 1,145 meters in the French department of Drôme, in the western part of the Massif du Vercors.
== History == On {{date|April 10, 1989}}, EAS Flight 602, a Fairchild FH-227B en route from Paris to Valence with 3 crew members and 19 passengers, struck the terrain near the Col de Tourniol during the approach procedure to Valence-Chabeuil Airport. There were no survivors. {{citation needed|date= July 2024}}
== Cycling == The Tour de France included this pass, categorized as first category, during the 19th stage of the 1987 Tour de France between Valréas and Villard-de-Lans. The Dutch cyclist Teun van Vliet reached the summit first.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ledicodutour.com/cols/cols_t/tourniol.html |title=Le dico du Tour - Le col de Tourniol dans le Tour de France depuis 1947 |author=<!--Not stated--> |website= |publisher= |access-date= }}</ref>
== See also == * Principal passes of the Alps
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Mountain passes of the Alps
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