Chablais Alps

Chablais Alps
French: Préalpes franco-suisses
The seven summits of the Dents du Midi
Highest point
PeakDents du Midi (Haute Cime)
Elevation3,257 m (10,686 ft)
Coordinates46°9′45″N 6°55′25″E / 46.16250°N 6.92361°E / 46.16250; 6.92361
Geography
Location of the main peaks
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CountriesSwitzerland and France
DepartmentsValais and Haute Savoie
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onBernese Alps and Mont Blanc Massif

The Chablais Alps (French: Massif du Chablais, pronounced [masif dy ʃablɛ]) are a mountain range in the Western Alps. They are situated between Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc Massif.[1] The Col des Montets separates them from the Mont Blanc Massif in the south, and the Rhône valley 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.

  1. ^ Chaîne franco-suisse, Club Alpin Suisse CAS, 2003, ISBN -978-3-85902-209-6