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Cime de la Bonette
Cime
de la
Bonette
is a mountain in the
French Alps
, near
the border
with
Italy
. It is
situated
within the
Mercantour National Park
on the border
of the
departments
of
Alpes-Maritimes
and
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
, between the
Ubaye Valley
and the
valley
of the
Tinée
River
.
"Cime" is
Italian
for "summit".
The
summit
is
surrounded
by road from the
Col de la Bonette
, which
reaches
, and is the
second highest paved through route in the Alps
. It is also the
highest point reached by the Tour de France
.