Refimprove date June 2010 Geobox Range name FrenchAlps native name image Mont Blanc and Lake of Passy.JPG image caption The west face of Mont Blanc , the tallest mountain in the FrenchAlps, from Passy ... years ref Notable towns in the FrenchAlps include Grenoble , Chamonix , Annecy , Chamb ry , and Albertville ... Alps Pointe Marguareis convert 2651 m ft 0 French Prealps Savoy Prealps Chablais Alps Hauts Forts ... Alps geology B ndner schist geology1 flysch geology2 molasse period Tertiary orogeny Alpine orogeny ... m 51 highest long s 54 highest long EW E map Massifs des Pr alpes map fr.svg map caption Ranges of the FrenchAlps, br with the Prealps ranges highlighted in orange. Image Alps of France NASA A2002274 1240 250m.jpg thumb right 260px NASA photo of the FrenchAlps 26 Oct 2002 . The FrenchAlps are those portions of the Alps mountain range which stand within France , located in the Rh ne Alpes and Provence Alpes C te d Azur regions. Mont Blanc Italian Monte Bianco , located on the French Italian border, is the highest mountain in the Alps as well as the List of highest points of European countries ... Alps Mont Blanc Massif Mont Blanc Nowrap convert 4810.45 m ft 0 Graian Alps Beaufortain Massif Roignais convert 2995 m ft 0.0 Graian Alps Lauzi re Massif Lauzi re Peak Grand Pic de la Lauzi re convert 2829 m ft 0 Graian Alps Grand Paradis Massif Gran Paradiso Gran Paradiso convert 4061 m ft 0 Graian Alps Vanoise Massif Grande Casse convert 3855 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Belledonne Belledonne Peak convert 2977 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Grandes Rousses Bayle Peak convert 3465 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Arves Massif Aiguilles d Arves convert 3514 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Taillefer Massif Taillefer Peak convert 2857 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Massif des crins crins Massif Barre des crins convert 4102 m ft 0 Cottian Alps Mont Cenis Massif Pointe de Ronce convert 3612 m ft 0 Cottian Alps Massif des Cerces Cerces Massif Grand Galibier convert 3229 m ft 0 Cottian Alps Queyras Massif Rochebrune Peak convert 3320 m ft ... more details
ALPS may refer to The Alps , a mountain range spanning Europe Lymphoproliferative disorders Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome The Airport Logistics Park of Singapore The Alps Electric Corporation A Language for Process Specification See also Alps disambiguation disambig ... more details
for the European mountain range Alps Distinguish2 the 2011 Greek film Alps film Infobox film name The Alps image TheAlps.jpg caption director Stephen Judson producer Stephen Judson br Mark Krenzien br Greg MacGillivray writer Stephen Venables br Stephen Judson starring John Harlin mountaineer John Harlin br Robert Jasper br Daniela Jasper music Queen band Queen cinematography Michael Brown climber Michael Brown editing Stephen Judson distributor IMAX Corporation released Film date 2007 3 9 runtime 51 minutes country Film US language English budget The Alps is a 2007 American documentary film about the climbing of the north face of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps by John Harlin III, son of John Harlin mountaineer John Harlin who died on the same ascent 40 years earlier. It was shot in 70mm IMAX . Cast Michael Gambon , Narrator John Harlin III as Himself Robert Jasper as Himself Daniela Jasper as Herself Adele Harlin as Herself Siena Harlin as Herself Bruno Messerli as Himself Adele Hammond as Herself Christine Pielmeier as Herself See also Swiss Alps Everest film Everest , Imax film produced by Greg MacGillivray . External links http www.alpsfilm.com en frame.cfm Official website imdb title id 0972356 title The Alps DEFAULTSORT Alps, The Category 2007 films Category 2000s documentary films Category American documentary films Category Documentary films about sports Category IMAX films Category Films directed by Greg MacGillivray sport documentary film stub de Die Alpen Film ... more details
Northern Alps may be the Alps north of the Periadriatic Seam the Alps north of the Main chain of the Alps Glarus Alps Appenzell Alps Northern Limestone Alps Hida Mountains , Japan See also Geography of the Alps Southern Alps disambiguation Eastern Alps Western Alps Central Alps Prealps disambig ... more details
wiktionarypar Alps The Alps are a major European mountain range. Alps may also refer to The Alps band , an English band Alps Electric Corporation . Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome In other mountain ranges Apuan Alps , in Italy Arrochar Alps , in Scotland Australian Alps , in Australia Dinaric Alps , in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania Issaquah Alps , in Washington, United States Japanese Alps , in Japan Lyngen Alps , in Norway Montes Alpes , on the Moon Southern Alps , in New Zealand Transylvanian Alps , in Romania Trinity Alps , in California, United States Film The Alps , a 2007 American film Alps film Alps film , a 2011 Greek film Transportation ALPS The Bus , a bus transportation company in the Philippines . See also Alpes disambiguation ALP disambiguation ALPS disambiguation disambig de Alpen Begriffskl rung it Alpi disambigua ja pl Alpy ujednoznacznienie ... more details
geography of Switzerland The Alps are at the crossroads of the French, Italian, German and South ..., 6998 feet 2133 m, Grisons while in the FrenchAlps, L Ecot, 6713 feet 2046 m, Savoy , and St Veran ...The valleys of the Alps have been inhabited since prehistoric times. Alpine culture centers on Transhumance in the Alps transhumance . Early history Image Historische Karte CH Rome 1.png thumb 300px Switzerland ... of the Alps The Wildkirchli caves in the Appenzell Alps show traces of Neanderthal habitation. During the last glacial maximum , the entire Alps were covered in ice. According to the book The Seven Daughters of Eve , by Bryan Sykes , MtDNA Haplogroup K arose along the southeastern slopes of the Alps ... Bronze Age Bronze Age , the Alps formed the boundary of the Urnfield culture Urnfield and Terramare culture Terramare cultures. In Valle Camonica , on Italian side of the Alps, the Camunni ... of the Alpine tribes by Augustus , as well as Hannibal s battles across the Alps. The successive emigration ... Empire Habsburg empire, the Alps had strategic importance as an obstacle, not as a landscape, and the Alpine ... the local history of different parts of the Alps, notably with the High Medieval Walser migrations. The Western Alps see County of Savoy Duchy of Savoy In the case of the Western Alps excluding the part ... side of the Alps. The struggle henceforth was limited to France and the house of Savoy, but little by little France succeeded in pushing back the house of Savoy across the Alps, forcing it to become ... on the western slope of the Alps and forming part of the county of Nice. The final act in this long ... and also Savoy, thus remaining sole ruler on the western slope of the Alps. The Central Alps see Old Swiss Confederacy Highest Alemannic In the Central Alps the chief event, on the northern side ... it had bought the upper bit of the valley of M nster that lies on the southern slope of the Alps. The Eastern Alps In 1300 BC the eastern Alps were settled by the Illyrians Illyrian tribe of the Norici ... more details
de Bellevue 2,042 6,699 Le M le 1,863 6,112 See also Swiss AlpsFrenchAlps References reflist 2 Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of Switzerland Category Mountain ranges of France ...Geobox Range name Chablais Alps other name lang fr Pr alpes franco suisses image Dents du midi2.jpg image caption The seven summits of the Dents du Midi pushpin map Alps lat d 46 lat m 9 lat s 45 lat NS N long d 6 long m 55 long s 25 long EW E country Switzerland country1 France region type region Valais region1 Haute Savoie parent Alps border Bernese Alps , Mont Blanc Massif length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation geology period orogeny highest Dents du Midi Haute Cime highest elevation 3257 highest lat d 46 highest lat m 9 highest lat s 45 highest lat NS N highest long d 6 highest long m 55 highest long s 25 highest long EW E map map caption The Chablais Alps is a mountain range in the western Alps . It is situated between the Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc Massif ref citation last first title Cha ne franco suisse publisher Club Alpin Suisse CAS year 2003 id ISBN 978 3 85902 209 6 ref . The Col des Montets separates them from the Mont Blanc Massif in the south and the Rh ne separates them from the Bernese Alps in the east. The Chablais Alps are composed of two distinct parts separated by the Val d Illiez the Dents du Midi massif on the south which contains the highest peaks and the alpine foothills on the north. Peaks see also List of mountains in Switzerland Image Lakefront.PNG thumb left The Chablais Alps from across Lake Geneva Image DentJaune.jpg thumb left Summits of the Dents du Midi Image Barme.jpg thumb left Above Champ ry Image TourSalli re.jpg thumb left Tour Salli re Image LacdeSalanfe.jpg thumb left Lac de Salanfe The main peaks of the Chablais Alps are style border collapse collapse class wikitable sortable Peak colspan 2 Elevation m ft Dents du Midi 3,257 10,686 Tour Salli re 3,220 10,564 Mont Ruan 3,053 10,016 Aiguilles Rouges ... more details
Geobox Range name Maritime Alps other name lang fr Alpes maritimes other name1 lang it Alpi Marittime image Maritime Alps.jpg image caption Maritime Alps country France country1 Italy region type region region1 parent Alps border Ligurian Alps border1 Cottian Alps length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation geology period orogeny highest Monte Argentera highest elevation 3297 highest lat d 44 highest lat m 10 highest lat s 45 highest lat NS N highest long d 7 highest long m 18 highest long s 18 highest long EW E map Massif des Alpes map fr.svg map caption Maritime AlpsFrench text The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the south western part of the Alps . They form the border between the France French d partement in France d partement Alpes Maritimes and the Italy Italian province of Cuneo . The Col de Tende separates them from the Ligurian Alps the Maddalena Pass separates them from the Cottian Alps . The Mercantour National Park is part of the Maritime Alps. The Maritime Alps are drained by the rivers Roya river Roya , Var River Var and Verdon River Verdon and their tributaries on the French side by the Stura di Demonte and other tributaries of the Tanaro River Tanaro and Po River Po on the Italian side. There are many attractive perched villages, such as Belv d re at the entrance to the spectacular Gordolasque valley, some concealing unexpected architectural riches for example in the south there are numerous churches decorated with murals and altar pieces by primitive Nice Ni ois painters . Peaks The chief peaks of the Maritime Alps are class wikitable Name Elevation Monte Argentera 3297 m Monte Stella Alps Monte Stella 3262 m Cime du G las 3135 m Cima di Masta 3108 m Monte Matto 3097 m Mont Pelat 3053 m Mont Clapier 3046 m Mont T nibre 3032 ... The chief mountain pass passes of the Maritime Alps are class wikitable Name Location Type Elevation ... References 1911 Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of France Category ... more details
geology of the Alps The Alps form a part of a Tertiary orogeny orogenic belt of mountain chain s, called ... . A gap in these mountain chains in central Europe separates the Alps from the Carpathian Mountains ... the gaps in between. The Alps arose as a result of the collision of the African plate African and Eurasian ... peaks in the Pennine Alps and Hohe Tauern Harv Stampfli Borel 2004 . The formation of the Mediterranean .... Geologic boundaries of the Alps Image Tectonic map Mediterranean EN.svg thumb 350px Tectonic map of the Mediterranean , showing the position of the Alps within other structures of the Alpide belt . The Alps form a northward wikt convex convex arc around their southeastern foreland basin , the Po ... belt, which can geologically be seen as part of the Alps. The western part of the Molasse basin forms the plateau of the Swiss plateau Mittelland between the Alps and Jura Mountains. The Jura Mountains ... Rhine graben to the north. The Alps continue more or less smoothly into the following related Alpine ... and the Carpathians to the northeast. In the east the Alps are bounded by the Viennese Basin and the Pannonian Basin , where east west stretching of the crust takes place. Geologic structure of the Alps The Alps have a complex geology, but the general structure is the same as for other mountain ranges formed by continental collision . Subdivisions The Alps are often divided into Eastern Alps Eastern , Central Alps and Western Alps , even though the boundaries between these subdivision are rather arbitrary. The division between the Eastern and Central Alps is approximately the line between St. Margrethen , Chur and Sondrio , the division between the Central and Western Alps is unclear Harv Pfiffner 2009 p 25 . The main suture geology suture big shear zone in the Alps is called the Periadriatic Seam and runs through the Alps from east to west. This is the boundary between materials from ... ed and thrusted units of the Southern Alps geology Southern Alps . North of the Periadriatic seam, rocks ... more details
german, french External links Sisterlinks wikt Alps b Swiss Alps q Swiss Alps s Swiss Alps ... in October 2002. On the north side of the Alps, the regions located above 2000 m are covered by snow. The canton of Ticino on the south side is almost snow free in early autumn. The Swiss Alps lang de Schweizer Alpen , lang fr Alpes suisses , lang it Alpi svizzere , lang rm Alps svizras are the portion of the Alps mountain mountain range range that lies within Switzerland . Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps . The highest summit in the Swiss Alps is Monte Rosa 4,634 metres 15,202 ft near the Swiss Italian border ... Ages , transit across the Alps played an important role in history. The region north of the St ... of Switzerland File 10127 Berner Alpen Pr les.jpg thumb Swiss Alps seen from the Swiss Jura The Alps .... Despite the fact that Switzerland covers only 14 of the Alps total area 192,753 km , ref ... Alps and the remaining few are within 20 km of the country s border. The glaciers of the Swiss Alps cover an area of 1230 km 3 of the Swiss territory , representing 44 of the total glaciated area in the Alps 2800 km . The Swiss Alps are situated south of the Swiss plateau and north of the national border. The limit between the Alps and the plateau runs from Vevey on the shores ... ref The countries with which Switzerland shares mountain ranges of the Alps are from west to east France , Italy , Austria and Liechtenstein . Ranges The Alps are usually divided into two main parts, the Western Alps and Eastern Alps , whose division is along the Rhine from Lake Constance to the Spl gen ... Eastern Alps , except the Ortler Alps which belong to the Southern Limestone Alps . The Pennine Alps Pennine , Bernese Alps Bernese and Bernina Range are they highest ranges of the country ... Alps culminating at 2,500 metres. situated out of the Main chain of the Alps main chain Western Alps ... more details
Refimprove date June 2009 The Grison Alps are the mountain s of the Graub nden canton of Switzerland Grisons being the English name for the Graub nden region . There are many significant peaks in the Grison Alps, including the T di 3,614 m and the highest peak, Piz Bernina 4,049 m . Many of the mountain ranges feature extensive glaciers, such as at the Lepontine Alps Adula , the Albula Range Albula , the Silvretta , the Bernina Range Bernnina or the R tikon range. The Grison Alps include parts of both the Eastern Alps and the Western Alps . The Eastern Alps located in Graub nden are the Rhaetian Alps , which is part to the Central Eastern Alps . The Rhaetian Alps consists of the following mountain ranges Samnaun Alps , R tikon , Silvretta , Sesvenna Range , Albula Range , Plessur Range , Oberhalbstein Range , Livigno Range , Bregaglia Range and the Bernina Range . The Western Alps located in Graub nden, include portions of the Lepontine Alps and the Glarus Alps . ref citebook title The History of Switzerland first Heinrich last Zschokke publisher BiblioBazaar year 2008 ISBN 0559312873 ref References refs coord 46 N 9 E type mountain region CH GR display title Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of Graub nden Grisons geo stub ... more details
the publications and events are in four languages German, French, Italian and Slovene. Activities The network Alliance in the Alps promotes the exchange of knowledge and experience, threw setting up ... name villes cite web url http www.alpenallianz.org en about alliance in the alps members title List ... public. DYNALP2 With the DYNALP project 2006 2009 , Alliance in the Alps carried on the work on sustainable ... CIPRA s Future in the Alps Project ref name future cite web url http www.cipra.org en future in the alps title Project Future in the Alps publisher Cipra.org date 2009 12 23 accessdate 2010 12 17 ref ... 2003 in the Tajikistan Tadjik capital Dushanbe on the model of the Alliance in the Alps network. Like its sister organisation in the Alps, this Central Asian community network is active in the area ... Alliance in the Alps http www.cipra.org Cipra Categories Category Sustainable development ... more details
Geobox Range name Cottian Alps other name lang fr Alpes Cottiennes other name1 lang it Alpi Cozie image Monviso Cottian Alps.jpg image caption Monte Viso in the Cottian Alps, seen from the Rochemelon country France country1 Italy region Savoie region1 Piedmont parent Alps border Maritime Alps border1 Graian Alps border2 Dauphin Alps length length orientation width width orientation highest Monte Viso highest elevation 3841 highest lat d 44 highest lat m 40 highest lat s 18 highest lat NS N highest long d 7 highest long m 15 highest long s 13 highest long EW E geology period orogeny map map caption The Cottian AlpsFrench Alpes Cottiennes List of English exonyms for Italian toponyms Italian Alpi Cozie are a mountain range in the south western part of the Alps . They form the border between France Hautes Alpes and Savoie and Italy Piedmont . The Maddalena Pass separates them from the Maritime Alps the Col du Mont Cenis separates them from the Graian Alps the Col du Galibier separates them from the Dauphin Alps . The Fr jus Road Tunnel and Fr jus Rail Tunnel between Modane and Susa, Italy Susa are important transportation arteries between France Lyon , Grenoble and Italy Turin . The Cottian Alps are drained by the rivers Durance and Arc Savoie Arc and their tributaries on the French side by the Dora Riparia and other tributaries of the Po River Po on the Italian side. Peaks The chief peaks of the Cottian Alps are class wikitable Peak colspan 2 Elevation m ft Monte Viso 3841 12,609 Viso di Vallante 3672 12,048 Aiguille de Scolette 3505 11,500 Aiguille de Chambeyron 3412 11,155 Bric de Chambeyron 3388 11,116 Pic de la Font Sancte 3387 11,112 Rognosa d Etiache 3385 11,106 Dents ... Alps are table class wikitable tr th name th location th type br as of 1911 lc on th elevation ... TD road TD TD 2388 7835 TR TR TD Col de la Croix Cottian Alps Col de la Croix or Passo de la Croce ... ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of France Category Mountain ranges of Italy Category Mountain ... more details
The Limestone Alps lang de Kalkalpen are the two mountain range s, roughly convert 600 km mi long, which run parallel to the main mountain range of the Austrian Central Alps and to its north and south. They are known as the Northern Limestone Alps Northern and Southern Limestone Alps respectively. The best known mountain groups in the Limestone Alps are in the north the R tikon , Wetterstein , Wilder Kaiser , Steinberge , Dachstein massif , Totes Gebirge , Ges use , Hochschwab and the local Vienna mountains, the Rax and the Schneeberg Alps Schneeberg in the south, the Dolomites , Carnic Alps and Karavanken . The Geomorphology mountain and hill profiles of the Limestone Alps are very varied and range from jagged peaks and rock faces to high plateau s and extensive areas of karst . They are of economic importance, not least because they are sources of drinking water and have many accessible dripstone cave dripstone and ice cave s. Whilst the central Alps are mainly composed of crystalline rock granite , gneiss or slate the High Tauern , the Limestone Alps are made of lighter and more porous rock. In addition to limestone , they contain dolomite , marl , sandstone and the like. See also Mountain building , tectonics , Alpine folding Limestone Alps National Park in Austria Category Alps Category Mountain ranges of Europe de Kalkalpen lt Klintin s Alp s nl Kalkalpen pl Alpy Wapienne ro Alpii Calcaro i ... more details
livestock to summer pasture , Schw galp Jun 2004 Transhumance in the Alps , or seasonal migration ... of the landscape in the Alps, as without it, most areas below 2000 m would be forests. While tourism ... for transhumance are known as the High Alps . History German Alm seasonal mountain pasture is a reduced .... The word is originally identical to the name of the Alps itself, probably a pre Roman and possibly pre Indo European term for mountain . In French, the word Alpage shares the same meaning and etymology ... . There is evidence of transhumance economy in the Alps dating to the 4th millennium BC Neolithic ... in the Northern Limestone Alps dating to the Late Bronze Age Halstatt culture 17th to 10th centuries ... de icon accessed 2 April 2009 ref The transhumance system in the alps has remained virtually unchanged ... ref Along the edge of the alps, starting around 1300 AD in west and central Switzerland and a bit ... in the west. ref name HDS Middle Ages HDS 8569 1 3 The Alps Agriculture in the Middle Ages ref In these communities on the edge of the Alps, transhumance included both the vertical movement of cattle ... located in the central alps, the herds were more diverse. Generally there were large herds of sheep ... in the Alps for thousands of years, during the Late Middle Ages it became increasingly important ... and Einsiedeln Abbey . ref HDS 25760 Marchenstreit ref Agriculture near the Alps In the valleys along the edge of the Alps cattle production with associated transhumance was generally the rule. However ... cases, the stories tell about curses on specific Alps , appearances of the devil or spirits of earlier ... . ref name HDS Modern HDS 8569 1 5 The Alps Agriculture in the 19th & 20th Centuries ref The farmers .... ref name HDS Modern See also Transhumance History of the Alps Valleys of the Alps Animal ... reflist DEFAULTSORT Transhumance In The Alps Category Alps Category Livestock Alps Category ... more details
Geobox Range name Dinaric Alps other name Dinarides image Orjen.jpg image caption Orjen at the Bay of Kotor ... country5 Serbia country6 Slovenia border Julian Alps highest Maja Jezerc Albania highest elevation ... Topography of the Dinaric Alps The Dinaric Alps or Dinarides form a mountain chain in Southern ... of the Adriatic Sea northwest southeast , from the Julian Alps in the northwest down to the ar ... mountain of the Dinaric Alps is the Prokletije , located on the border of eastern Montenegro and northern Albania, with the peak called Lake Crest at convert 2692 m ft 0 . The Dinaric Alps are the fifth most rugged and extensively mountainous area of Europe after the Caucasus Mountains , Alps ... block of the northeast. The Dinaric Alps were thrown up in more or less parallel ranges, stretching like necklaces from the Julian Alps as far as the areas of northern Albania and Kosovo, where the mountainous ... mountains in Europe are those of the Karst of the Dinaric Alps. Here, all the characteristic features ... Dinaric Alps form the numerous island s and harbours along the Croatian coast. Only along the Dinaric ... landscape, evidence of centuries of war and the refuge the Dinaric Alps have provided to various ..., and forestry and mining remain the chief economic activities in the Dinaric Alps. The people of the Dinaric Alps are on record as being the tallest in the world, with a male average height of convert ... pubmed 16168365 Average height of adolescents in the Dinaric Alps. They are also reputed ... mountain pass es of the Dinaric Alps are ref Summitpost. http www.summitpost.org area range 155326 dinaric alps.html Dinaric Alps Passes in the Dinaric Alps, accessed 11 19 2008 ref Postojna Gate ... transversing the Dinaric Alps include Tuhobi Tunnel , Croatia Sveti Rok Tunnel , Croatia Mala Kapela Tunnel , Croatia Mountains and plateaus File Dinaric Alps subdivisions fr.svg thumb right 300px Geomorphological subdivisions of Dinaric Alps fix text missing legend title The markers A , B , C ... more details
Refimprove date June 2010 Image Alps from space.png thumb right 400px The Alps from space. The Alps cover a large area. This article describes the boundary delimitation delimitation of the Alps as a whole and of subdivisions of the range, follows the course of the main chain of the Alps and discusses ... relief hypsometric image of the Alps with the borders of the countries. The Alps form a large mountain ... Gebirge in the Alps . In some areas, such as the edge of the River Po Po Basin , the edge of the range is unambiguous, but where the Alps border on other mountainous or hilly regions, the border ... the Apennines and the Alps is usually taken to be the Colle di Cadibona , at 435 m above sea ... the tectonic ally formed Alps from the largely volcanism volcanically formed Massif Central. Working upstream, the River Rh ne turns to the east near Lyon , and forms part of the boundary between the Alps ... , continuing the border, with the Jura to the north west and the Alps to the south east. From ... Forest is separated from the Alps by the River Rhine and Lake Constance , but exact delimitation ... as the Schw bisch Bayerisches Alpenvorland , the Swabian Bavarian pre Alps . In Austria, the Danube runs to the north of the Alps, separating it from the majority of the Bohemian Forest B hmerwald ... forms the north eastern corner of the Alps, and here the Danube passes at its closest to the Alps see Viennese Basin . ref name alpsmap cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Travel map of the Alps ... of Vienna, only the Marchfeld , a 30 km wide flood plain separates the easternmost Alps from the Lesser Carpathians . After Vienna, the Pannonian Basin , a large area of steppe , meets the edge of the Alps, clearly delimiting the eastern limit of the Alps. The south easternmost extension of the Alps is to be found in Slovenia , including Pohorje , the Kamnik Alps and the Julian Alps the last being shared with Italy . The town of Idrija may be taken as marking the dividing line between the Alps to the north ... more details
Afton Alps is a ski resort, which hosts a collection of Skiing ski and Snowboarding snowboard trails, located along the St. Croix River Wisconsin Minnesota St. Croix River in the city of Afton, Minnesota in the United States . There are nearly convert 300 acre km2 skiiable at Afton Alps. The Alps often utilize Snow cannon artificial snow for maintaining the slopes. A total of 48 trails and 18 chairlifts are used throughout the ski resort. There are a total of 5 Chalet s, including the Meadows Chalet, the Highlands Chalet, the Alpine Chalet, and the Alps Chalet. During the summer Alps runs an eighteen hole golf course and a mountain bike trail. Winter Activities The following are activities included at Afton Alps Alpine skiing Cross country skiing Night skiing Snowboarding Tubing recreation Tubing Golf Biking See also Skiing Ski resorts Afton, Minnesota External links http www.aftonalps.com Afton Alps Homepage References http www.cityofafton.net The City of Afton http www.aftonalps.com Afton Alps http www.onthesnow.com MN 2 On The Snow http www.aftonalps.com stats.php Afton Alps stats Minnesota coord 44 51 20 N 92 47 21 W display title Category Ski areas and resorts in Minnesota Category Washington County, Minnesota ... more details
Refimprove date June 2010 Geobox Range name Graian Alps image MountBlanc05.jpg image caption Mont Blanc area, Mer de Glace in foreground country France country1 Italy country2 Switzerland region Savoie region1 Piedmont region2 Aosta Valley region3 Valais parent Alps border Chablais Alps border1 Pennine Alps border2 Cottian Alps border3 Dauphin Alps length length orientation width width orientation highest Mont Blanc highest elevation 4810.45 highest lat d 45 highest lat m 50 highest lat s 1 highest lat NS N highest long d 6 highest long m 51 highest long s 54 highest long EW E map map caption The Graian Alps Italian Alpi Graie French Alpes Gr es are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps . They are located in France Savoie , Italy Piedmont and the Aosta Valley , and Switzerland western Valais . The Col des Montets separates them from the Chablais Alps the Col Ferret and the Dora Baltea valley separate them from the Pennine Alps the Col du Mont Cenis separates them from the Cottian Alps the Arc Savoie Arc valley separates them from the Dauphin Alps . The Graian Alps can be divided into four groups the Mont Blanc group north of the Little St Bernard Pass the Central group the watershed between the Little St Bernard Pass and the Col du Mont Cenis the Western or French group, and the Eastern or Italian group. The western group contains the Vanoise National Park the eastern group contains the Gran Paradiso national park. The French side of the Graian Alps is drained by the river ... of the Po River Po . Peaks The main peaks of the Graian Alps are Mont Blanc group Image Mont ... The main passes of the Graian Alps are shown in the table below. The group in which the pass is located ... Swiss Alps References 1911 Reflist External links commonscat http www.supervht.com Gran 20Paradiso.htm ... alps.html Graian Alps on Summitpost English coord 45 30 N 7 10 E type mountain region IT display title Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of France Category Mountain ranges ... more details
distinguish Air Alpes Infobox Airline airline Air Alps logo Airalpslogo.png logo size 175 fleet size 5 destinations 7 IATA A6 ICAO LPV callsign ALPAV parent company slogan Discover the sky founded 1998 headquarters Innsbruck , Austria key people hubs Bolzano Airport Bolzano secondary hubs Leonardo da Vinci Airport Rome Fiumcino focus cities Salerno Airport Salerno frequent flyer lounge alliance website http www.airalps.at Airalps.at Air Alps Air Alps Aviation, Alpenl ndisches Flugunternehmen Ges.m.b.H. is an airline based in Innsbruck , Austria . ref http www.airalps.at contacts.html just get in contact with us . Air Alps. Retrieved on 23 June 2010. AAA Air Alps Aviation Alpenl ndisches Flugunternehmen Ges.m.b.H. Eduard Bodem Gasse 1 III A 6020 Innsbruck Austria companyseat Innsbruck ref It is an independent regional airline serving 10 cities in Italy from Milan and Rome , international services from Milan , as well as charter services. Alitalia codeshares on all Air Alps services. Its ... a codeshare agreement with Alitalia on the entire Air Alps network was established. The airline is owned ... 3.18 ref name FI . In 2004 Armin Partl became CEO of Air Alps with Sabine Mertens being Director ... Air Alps Aviation to be back in profit. The company is currently November 2007 employing 160 people, 60 in Innsbruck and 100 in Italy. Destinations Image Air Alps Dornier 328 110.jpg thumb right An Air Alps Dornier 328 Dornier 328 110 landing at Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport Air Alps currently ... Alps fleet consists of the following aircraft at 8 November 2009 http www.ch aviation.ch aircraft.php ...&al op 1 Air Alps Fleet References reflist 2 br Navbox Airlines of Austria Category Airlines of Austria Category European Regions Airline Association Category Airlines established in 1998 de Air Alps es Air Alps fr Air Alps Aviation id Air Alps it Air A ps nl Air Alps Aviation pl Air Alps ru Air Alps tr Air Alps vi Air Alps ... more details
Geobox Mountain Range name Lechtal Alps other name lang de Lechtaler Alpen image Parseierspitze.jpg image caption Parseierspitze with Grinner Glacier country Austria state Tyrol state Tyrol state1 Vorarlberg parent Northern Limestone Alps border Allg u Alps border1 Ammergau Alps area 1000 highest Parseierspitze highest elevation 3036 highest lat d 47 highest lat m 10 highest lat s 28 highest lat NS N highest long d 10 highest long m 28 highest long s 42 highest long EW E map Lechtaler Alpen.png map caption Lechtal Alps highlighted in yellow within Northern Limestone Alps The Lechtal Alps lang de Lechtaler Alpen are a mountain range in western Austria , and part of the greater Northern Limestone Alps range. Named for the Lech River which drains them north ward into Germany, the Lechtal Alps occupy the Austrian states of Tyrol state Tyrol and Vorarlberg and are known for their diverse rock structure. The highest peaks are, in descending order Parseierspitze , convert 3040 m Dawinkopf , convert 2970 m S dlicher Schwarzer Kopf , convert 2949 m Gatschkopf , convert 2947 m Bocksgartenspitze , convert 2939 m Holzgauer Wetterspitze , convert 2898 m Oberer Bocksgartenkopf , convert 2888 m Vorderseespitze , convert 2888 m Freispitze , convert 2887 m Eisenspitze , convert 2859 m commons category Lechtaler Alpen Northern Limestone Alps Category Mountain ranges of Austria Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Lechtal Alps Tyrol geo stub Vorarlberg geo stub cs Lechtalsk Alpy da Lechtaler Alperne de Lechtaler Alpen fr Alpes de Lechtal it Alpi della Lechtal nl Lechtaler Alpen no Lechtal Alpene pl Alpy Lechtalskie fi Lechtalin Alpit ... more details
The Army of the Alps Arm e des Alpes was one of the French Revolutionary armies . It existed from 1792 97 and from July to August 1799, and the name was also used on and off right up until 1939 for France s army on its border with Italy. 1792 7 The Arm e des Alpes was created by a decree of the French Convention on 1 October 1792 which divided the arm e du Midi into the arm e des Alpes and arm e des Pyr n es , and on 1 November the following year it was itself divided into the arm e de Savoie and arm e d Italie by a conseil ex cutif decree. Following the decrees of 27 29 November 1793 which brought Duchy of Savoy Savoy back into the First French Republic France under the name of the d partement of Le Mont Blanc , the arm e de Savoie was renamed the arm e des Alpes, before having a camp before Lyon split off from it between 8 August and 29 October 1793. The 1793 Arm e des Alpes was finally suppressed by a decree of 21 August 1797 21 fructidor year V , put into effect on 13 September, with its men and theatre transferred to the arm e d Italie 1799 Created on 27 July 1799, this incarnation of the Arm e des Alpes only lasted until 29 August 1799, when it was merged into the arm e d Italie. Generals Arm e des Alpes 8 October 6 November 1792 Anne Pierre de Montesquiou F zensac g n ral de Montesquiou F zensac Arm e de Savoie 7 13 November 1792 Anne Pierre de Montesquiou F zensac g n ral de Montesquiou F zensac 13 November 4 December, temporarily Jean Jacques de La Roque d Ol s d Ornac g n ral d Ornac Arm e des Alpes 5 24 December 1792, temporarily Jean Jacques de La Roque d Ol s d Ornac g n ral d Ornac 25 December 1792 au 5 May 1793 Fran ois Christophe Kellermann g n ral Kellermann ... reflist DEFAULTSORT Army Of The Alps Category Arm es of the French First Republic Alps Category 1792 ... century, the Army of the Alps defended France s southeastern frontier with Italy, manning the Alpine ... & Collections year 2009 pages 4 5 isbn 978 2 915239 46 1 language French ref Sources C. Clerget Tableaux ... more details
noref date June 2008 Geobox Range name Eastern Alps other name other name1 image Tschierva glacier rework.jpg image caption Piz Bernina centre left with the Biancograt to the left, Piz Scerscen centre right and Piz Roseg right , seen from Piz Corvatsch country Switzerland country1 Austria country2 Liechtenstein country3 Germany country4 Italy country5 Slovenia region type region parent Alps border Wienerwald border1 length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation geology period orogeny highest Piz Bernina highest elevation 4049 highest lat d 46 highest lat m 22 highest lat s 56.6 highest lat NS N highest long d 9 highest long m 54 highest long s 29.2 highest long EW E map Alps Regions Eastern Alps .png map caption Map of the Eastern Alps Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps , usually defined as the area east of the Spl gen Pass in eastern Switzerland . North of the Spl gen Pass, the Posterior Rhine forms the border, and south of the pass, the Liro Como Liro river and Lake Como form the boundary line. The Eastern Alps include parts of Switzerland ... Alps are traditionally divided according to the Alpenvereins Einteilung arrangement of the Alpine Club into several dozen small regions, each assigned to the Northern Calcareous Alps , the Central Eastern Alps or the Southern Calcareous Alps . Fuller details are given on those pages of the regions they contain. The highest mountain in the Eastern Alps is Piz Bernina 4,049 m in Switzerland ... and then the Gro glockner 3,798 m in Austria. During the W rm glaciation , the Eastern Alps were drier than the Western Alps , with the contiguous ice shield ending in the region of the Niedere Tauern in Austria . This allowed many species to survive the ice age in the Eastern Alps where they could ... Alps. See also Northern Calcareous Alps Central Eastern Alps Southern Calcareous Alps List ..., Slap Slap Revolution, Total Drama World Tour and LeShawna Category Mountain ranges of the Alps ... more details
The Rhaetian Alps are a part of the Central Eastern Alps along the Italian Swiss and Austrian Swiss borders, mostly located in the Graub nden canton in eastern Switzerland. Piz Bernina 13,284 ft 4,049 m , set on the Italian border, is the highest peak. The Rhaetian Alps contain the Albula Range Albula , Bernina Alps Bernina , Bregaglia Range Bregaglia , R tikon and Silvretta subranges. The Swiss National Park is located in the eastern segment. See also Swiss Alps coord 46 48 N 10 00 E dim 20000 type mountain source dewiki display title Category Mountain ranges of Graub nden Grisons geo stub de R tische Alpen et Reetia Alpid es Alpes R ticos fr Alpes rh tiques it Alpi Retiche nl R tische Alpen no De r tiske Alpene nn Dei r tiske Alpane pl Alpy Retyckie ro Alpii Retici ru fi Reetian Alpit uk ... more details
Image Hauteroute alps seabhcan.jpg thumb 300px Part of the Haute Route between France and Swiss Alps ... 300px View of Theodul Pass 3,301 m around 1800. The High Alps are those parts of the Alps unsuitable for habitation or seasonal transhumance in the Alps transhumance . This includes all regions higher ... permanently inhabited village in the Alps. Alpine pasture s are typically below 2,400 m ...&hl de&sa X&oi book result&resnum 9&ct result ref . The High Alps have tundra climate tundra ... Alps began in the 18th century, with Horace B n dict de Saussure . The first ascent of the highest peak of the alps, Mont Blanc , dates to 1786. All important List of mountain passes in Switzerland ... of the mountains. In some parts of the Alps the limit is about 2,400 m elevation, while in others ... of the Alps sustains a far more varied and brilliant vegetation. center class wikitable align center style text align center margin right 0px relief map of the Alps with altitudes above 2,500 m highlighted Image label begin image High Alps relief.jpg width width 600 float float none Image label small x 0.15 y 0.17 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 Bernese Alps span Image label small x 0.01 y 0.44 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 Cottian Alps span Image label small x 0.55 y 0.09 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 Central Eastern Alps span Image label small x 0.11 y 0.32 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 Graian Alps span Image label small x 0.09 y 0.37 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 Dauphin Alps span Image label small x 0.34 y 0.10 scale width 600 text span style font size 100 Glarus Alps span Image label small x 0.14 y 0.24 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 Pennine Alps span Image label small x 0.36 y 0.17 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 Lepontine Alps span Image label small x 0.06 y 0.48 scale width 600 text span style font size 100 Maritime Alps span Image label end center References reflist ... more details
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