Swiss Alps
Encyclopedia : S : SW : SWI : Swiss Alps
The Swiss Alps are the central portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland.
Regions
From west to east, and south of Rhône, Hinterrhein and Inn:- Pennine Alps: canton Valais, contains the highest Swiss mountain Dufourspitze in the Monte Rosa group, and Matterhorn.
- Lepontine Alps: cantons Valais, Ticino, Grisons, contains the Simplon Pass, St Gotthard Pass and the Splügen Pass.
- Oberhalbstein Range: canton Grisons.
- Bernina Range: canton Grisons, contains the easternmost Alp over 4000 m: Piz Bernina.
- Livigno Range: canton Grisons.
- Sesvenna Range: canton Grisons.
- Bernese Alps: cantons Bern, Valais, Uri, contains several mountains over 4000 m, e.g. Finsteraarhorn, Jungfrau.
- Glarus Alps: cantons Uri, Glarus, Grisons.
- North-Eastern Swiss Alps: cantons Zug, Schwyz, Zürich, St. Gallen, Appenzell.
- Plessur Range: canton Grisons.
- Albula Range: canton Grisons.
- Rätikon Range: canton Grisons.
- Silvretta Range: canton Grisons.
- Samnaun Alps: canton Grisons.
See also
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.