Maritime Alps
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Key facts
- Peak
- Monte Argentera
- Elevation
- 3,297 m (10,817 ft)
- Coordinates
- 44°10′45″N 7°18′18″E / 44.17917°N 7.30500°E / 44.17917; 7.30500
- Countries
- France Italy Monaco
- Regions r gions
- Piedmont Liguria Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Rivers
- Verdon Ubaye Roya Var Stura di Demonte
- Parent range
- Alps
- Borders on
- Ligurian Alps Cottian Alps Provence Alps and Prealps Mediterranean Sea
- Orogeny
- Alpine orogeny
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Stura di Demonte
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Elevation
- 3297
- Highest point
- Monte Argentera
- Image
- Maritime Alps.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Maritime Alps
- topic's main category
- Category:Maritime Alps
- Commons gallery
- Maritime Alps
- has boundary
- Mediterranean Sea
- different from
- Alpes-Maritimes
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Maritime Alps (French: Alpes Maritimes [alp maʁitim]; Italian: Alpi Marittime [ˈalpi maˈrittime]) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the Italian regions of Piedmont and Liguria. They are the southernmost part of the Alps.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maritime Alps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations