Editing Alpes-Maritimes (section)

==== Summits and passes ====
The highest point of the department is the [[Cime du Gélas]] ({{convert|3143|m|disp=comma}}) on the Franco-Italian border which dominates the [[Vallée des Merveilles]] further east. The summit of [[Monte Argentera]] is higher at {{convert|3297|m}} above sea level, but it is located in Italy. There is also [[Mount Mounier]] ({{convert|2817|m|disp=comma}}), which dominates the south of the vast [[Dôme de Barrot]], formed of a mass more than {{convert|900|m}} thick of red mudstones deeply indented by the gorges of [[Daluis]] and [[Cians]]. Except in winter, four passes allow passage to the north of the [[Massif du Mercantour-Argentera|Mercantour-Argentera massif]] whose imposing {{convert|62|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} barrier is covered in winter snow which is visible from the coast. From the west, the [[Route des Grandes Alpes]] enters the [[Cayolle Pass]] ({{convert|2326|m|disp=comma}}) first on the way to the Alps and the sources of the [[Var (river)|Var]] in the commune of [[Entraunes]]. Then the route follows the [[Col de la Bonette]] – the highest pass in Europe at {{convert|2715|m}} – to connect to the valley of the [[Tinée]] then the Ubaye. Further east, the [[Col de la Lombarde]] ({{convert|2350|m|disp=comma}}) above [[Isola 2000]] allows access to the shrine of Saint-Anne de [[Vinadio]] in Italy. Finally, at its eastern end, the [[Col de Tende]] ({{convert|1871|m|disp=comma}}) links with [[Cuneo]] in Italy.