The name Chartreuse is derived from the village now known as Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, earlier Catorissium, Cantourisa, Caturissium, and Chatrousse.[1] It appears to be of Gaulish origin;[2] and is perhaps related to the name of the Caturiges tribe.[3]
The lithology is dominated by limestone, and several hundred kilometres of cave passages lie beneath the hills, including the world-famous 60 km long Dent de Crolles system.[citation needed]
The Tour Percée Double Arch, at 32 metres (105 ft) the longest span in the Alps.
The Chartreuse Mountains gave their name to the monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, the monastic Carthusian Order takes its name from these mountains, where its first hermitage was founded in 1084.[citation needed] Also derived from the mountain range's name is that of the alcoholic cordialChartreuse produced by the monks since the 1740s, and of the chartreuse colour, greenish hue of the Chartreuse liqueur, named after the drink.[citation needed]
^Juan Luis García Alonso, Continental Celtic Word Formation: The Onomastic Data, p. 42
^Robert Ellis, A Treatise on Hannibal's Passage of the Alps, 1853, p. 174
^Denis Bourgeois (2008). "Savoie-Quelques nouvelles des fronts…" (PDF). Spelunca (in French). 111: 25–30. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
^Gardner, John (20 August 2021). "Réseau de la Dent de Crolles, Chartreuse". Réseau de la Dent de Crolles, Chartreuse. Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^Denys Bourgeois (2001). "échos des profondeurs France-Isère-Activités du Spéléo-club de Savoie au Mont Granier (Chartreuse nord)" (PDF). Spelunca (in French). 83: 5–6. ISSN 0991-0735.
^Jean-Louis Fantoli. "gouffre des Myriades". Retrieved 2018-05-18.
^Bernard Loiseleur (1994). "Le massif du Seuil (Chartreuse, France): organisation des réseaux souterrains". revue Karstologia (in French). pp. 13–28. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
^Jean-Louis Fantoli. "Gouffre du Brouillard". Retrieved 2018-05-18.
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Chartreuse: A Walking Guide
A Wiki-Walks guide to some less well known hiking routes in the Chartreuse