{{short description|Mountain in France}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pointe Rochers Charniers | other_name = Punta Rochers Charniers | image = Pointe Rochers Charniers da Col Trois Freres Mineurs 27 9 2002.png | image_caption = View from the Col des Trois Frères Mineurs | elevation_m = 3063 | elevation_ref = <ref name = IGN /> | prominence_m = 389 | prominence_ref = <ref name = IGN /><ref>Key col: Col du Chaberton, 2,674 m</ref> | parent_peak = Mont Chaberton | listing = Alpine mountains above 3000 m | location = Hautes-Alpes, France | range = Cottian Alps / / Massif des Cerces | map = France | range_coordinates = | map_caption = France | label_position = left | coordinates = {{coord|44.98737|N|6.73520|E|type:mountain_region:FR_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Scrambling }}
The '''Pointe Rochers Charniers''' <ref name = IGN /> is a mountain of the Cottian Alps at an elevation of 3,063 metres above sea level,<ref name = IGN>{{Cite map | publisher = IGN | url = https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/ | title = Géoportail | access-date = 2019-04-05 | language = fr}}</ref> located in France.
== Toponymy == In French ''rochers'' means ''rocks''. The meaning of ''charnier'' is mass grave;<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.wordreference.com/fren/charnier | title = charnier | publisher = WordReference.com |access-date = 2019-04-02}}</ref> the name comes from a bloody battle between French and Spanish troops which took place close to the mountain.<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=egTdP0jEWIQC&q=unta+Rochers+Charniers+%22sanguinosa+battaglia%22 | language = it | title = Rivista mensile del Club alpino italiano | year = 1907 | author = AA.VV. | publisher = Club Alpino Italiano | pages = 384 | access-date = 2019-04-02}}</ref> In Italian too the mountain is referred as ''Punta Rochers Charniers''.<ref name = "IGC" />
== Geography == The mountain is part of the main chain of the Alps where it marks the Dora-Durance water divide. The main ridge continues northwards with a saddle unnamed on the official French maps which divedes the Rochers Charniers from the Punta di Chalanche Ronde (or Pointe des Grands Becs). The main chain goes on towards South with the ''Crête des Charniers'' and the ''Col des Trois Frères Mineurs'' (2.586 m), rises up to the Pic du Lauzin (2,733 m) and goes down to the Col de Montgenèvre. A third ridge branches from the Rochers Charniers connecting it, through ''Col du Chaberton'' (2.674 m), with Mont Chaberton.<ref name = IGN /> According to French alpinistic literature the mountain is part of the Massif des Cerces,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vallouimages.com/toponymie/claree/cd.htm | title = Névache - Val-des-Prés - Montgenèvre - Vallée Étroite - Massif des Cerces | language = fr | publisher = Vallouimages - Toponymie de la Clarée| access-date = 2019-04-05}}</ref> while in the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') is part of the mountain group called ''"Gruppo del Chaberton"''/''"Groupe du Chaberton"'' in the Northern Cottian Alps.<ref>{{cite book | last = Marazzi | first = Sergio | title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA | publisher = Priuli & Verlucca | year = 2005 | language = it | page = 88 | isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8 }}</ref>
== History == The mountain from 1861 to the end of the II World War was on the Franco-Italian border but, following the Paris Peace Treaties signed in February 1947, is now totally in France. The treaty indeed moved the border east of the Rocher Charniers<ref name=IGN /> in order to transfer to France the sovereignty of the neighbouring Mont Chaberton and its fortress. During the militarisation of the border and the construction of the Alpine Wallsome military installations were realised as a support to the Chaberton fortress.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.icsm.it/world/reportage/chaberton.html | language = it | title = Batteria dello Chaberton | author = Manu | publisher = ICSM | access-date = 2019-04-03}}</ref> A military dirt road named ''Strada militare di Val Morino'' was also built on the eastern slopes of the Rochers Charniers, in order to connect cesana with the fortress.
== Access to the summit == From Claviere (Italy) or Montgenevre (Frane) the mountain is generally accessed through the ''Col des Trois Frères Mineurs''.<ref name = "IGC">{{Cite book | title = Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca | first = Giulio | last = Berutto | chapter = Punta Chalache Ronde 3042 m La Punta 3047 m Punta Rochers Charniers 3067 m | publisher = Istituto Geografico Centrale | series = Guide I.G.C. | language = it |location = Torino | year =1988 | pages = 184–185 }}</ref> Is also possible to reach it from Prà Claud, a village in the comune of Cesana Torinese. The climb needs some scabbling and is advisable for experienced hikers (''EE'' - ''escursionisti esperti'').<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/48195/ | title = Rochers Charniers (Pointe des) da Prà Claud e il Pian del Morti | date = 2010-03-09 | author = BENGIA | publisher = gulliver.it | access-date = 2019-04-02}}</ref> The Pointe des Rochers Charniers, when snow is stable, can also be accessed with a quite demanding ski mountaineering route; per l'accesso in sicurezza è necessaria la presenza di neve ben assestata.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/50905/ | title = Rochers Charniers (Pointe des) da Pra Claud | language = it | publisher = gulliver.it | author = wuolz gio notav | date = 2011-02-26 | access-date = 2019-04-02}}</ref>
==Maps== * French official cartography (''Institut Géographique National'' - IGN); on-line version: [https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr www.geoportail.fr] * Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 ''Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca''
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