Pennine Alps
mountain range in the Western part of the Alps
Key facts
- Peak
- Italian : Punta Dufour / German : Dufourspitze
- Elevation
- 4,634 m (15,203 ft)
- Coordinates
- 45°56′12″N 7°52′00″E / 45.93667°N 7.86667°E / 45.93667; 7.86667
- Countries
- Italy Switzerland
- Regions canton
- Aosta Valley Piedmont Valais
- Parent range
- Alps
- Borders on
- Bernese Alps Graian Alps Lepontine Alps Po Valley
via Wikipedia infobox
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The Pennine Alps (French: Alpes Pennines, German: Walliser Alpen, Italian: Alpi Pennine, Latin: Alpes Poeninae), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy (the Aosta Valley and Piedmont) and Switzerland (Valais).
The Pennine Alps are amongst the three highest major subranges of the Alps, together with the Bernese Alps and the Graian Alps that include the Mont Blanc massif.