August 8 , 1786 by Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard
Monte Bianco ( It. , "white mountain") or Mont Blanc (Fr., same meaning), in the Alps , is the highest mountain in western Europe at a height of about 4,810 metres (15,780 feet), which varies from year to year by a few metres, depending on snowfall and climate conditions.
Parts of Mont Blanc clearly lie in each of France and Italy , while the very position of the mountain top relative to the border is a somewhat controversial issue: the summit appears to be on the border on Italian maps, but fully within France on French maps.
Begun in 1957 and completed in 1965 , the 11.6 kilometer (7.25 mile) Mont Blanc Tunnel runs beneath the mountain between these two cities and is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes.
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