Col de Tourniol

Col de Tourniol
View of the switchbacks on the western slope of Col de Tourniol.
Elevation	1,145 m (3,757 ft)[1]
First Approach
Traversed by	D101
Second Approach
Traversed by	D101
Location	France
Range	Massif du Vercors (Alps)
Coordinates	44/55/08/N 5/11/04/E[2]

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.

On 10 April 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]}

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.^[3]

• Principal passes of the Alps

This Drôme geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e