Graian Alps
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Key facts
- Peak
- Mont Blanc
- Elevation
- 4,810.45 m (15,782.3 ft)
- Coordinates
- 45°50′1″N 6°51′54″E / 45.83361°N 6.86500°E / 45.83361; 6.86500
- Countries
- France Italy Switzerland
- Provinces regions
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Piedmont Aosta Valley Valais
- Parent range
- Alps
- Borders on
- Cottian Alps Dauphiné Alps Savoy Prealps Bernese Alps Pennine Alps Po plain
- Orogeny
- Alpine orogeny
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- alpine section
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Canton of Valais
- Elevation
- 4808.72
- Highest point
- Mont Blanc
- Material used
- metamorphic rock
- Image
- 2006-08-06 31.jpg
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- Commons category
- Graian Alps
- topic's main category
- Category:Graian Alps
- has boundary
- Po Valley
- different from
- Alpes Graiae
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Encyclopedic overview
The Graian Alps (Latin:: Alpes Graiæ ; French: Alpes grées [alp ɡʁe]; Italian: Alpi Graie [ˈalpi ˈɡraːje]) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps, and the name of an Ancient Roman province.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Graian Alps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations