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Mont Blanc Italian: Monte Bianco (4,808.7 m (15,777 ft)) is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Europe west of the Caucasus peaks of Russia and Georgia. It is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence. The mountain stands in a range called the Graian Alps, between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France. more...

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Lower part of the Aletsch glacier with Wannenhorn (3,906 m (12,815 ft)) in the middle and Strahlhorn (3,026 m (9,928 ft)) on the right.


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Mountains

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Northern Limestone Alps: Ackerlspitze · Biberkopf · Birkkarspitze Birnhorn · Dachstein · Daniel · Eiskögele · Ellmauer Halt · Gamsfeld · Glatthorn · Großer Hundstod · Großer Krottenkopf · Großes Ochsenhorn · Großer Priel · Hinterer Bratschenkopf · Hochblassen · Hocheisspitze · Hochiss · Hochkalter · Hochkönig · Hochschwab · Hochstadl · Hochtor · Hochvogel · Hochwanner · Hoher Göll · Hohe Veitsch · Leutascher Dreitorspitze · Klockerin · Krottenkopf · Östliche Karwendelspitze · Parseierspitze · Raucheck · Reisalpe · Schneeberg · Schneefernerkopf · Sonneck · Sonntagshorn · Treffauer · Untere Wildgrubenspitze · Watzmann · Wetterspitzen · Zugspitze
Central (Eastern) Alps: Glocknerwand · Großer Muntanitz · Großes Wiesbachhorn · Großglockner · Großvenediger · Hirzer · Hochalmspitze · Hochgall · Hochfeiler · Hoher Riffler · Johannisberg · Kleinglockner · Kreuzjoch · Lizumer Reckner · Muttler · Petzeck · Piz Linard · Piz Sesvenna · Schesaplana · Weiße Spitze · Wildspitze · Teufelshorn · Zuckerhütl
Southern Limestone Alps: Cima d'Asta · Cima Dodici · Cima Presanella · Cima Tosa · Coglians · Hochstuhl · Grintovec · Große Sandspitze · Laugenspitze · Marmolada · Monte Cadria · Monte Sobretta · Ortler · Piz Bernina · Triglav
Western Alps: Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey · Aiguilles du Diable · Aiguille Verte · Aletschhorn · Allalinhorn · Alphubel · Barre des Écrins · Bishorn · Breithorn · Castor · Dent Blanche · Dent d'Hérens · Dents du Midi · Dom · Dôme du Goûter · Dunantspitze · Dürrenhorn · Eiger · Finsteraarhorn · Gran Paradiso · Grand Combin · Grandes Jorasses · Grande Rocheuse · Grande Tête de l'Obiou · Gross Fiescherhorn · Grünhorn · Hohberghorn · Jungfrau · Lauteraarhorn · Lagginhorn · Lenzspitze · Les Droites · Ludwigshöhe · Lyskamm · Matterhorn · Mönch · Monte Argentera · Mont Blanc · Monte Rosa · Monte Viso · Ober Gabelhorn · Nadelhorn · Parrotspitze · Picco Luigi Amedeo · Pollux · Rimpfischhorn · Schreckhorn · Signalkuppe · Stecknadelhorn · Strahlhorn · Täschhorn · Tête de l'Estrop · Vincent Pyramid · Weisshorn · Weissmies · Zinalrothorn · Zumsteinspitze

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Mountain ranges

Northern Limestone Alps: Allgäu Alps · Ammergau Alps · Bavarian Prealps · Berchtesgaden Alps · Brandenberg Alps · Bregenz Forest · Chiemgau Alps · Dachstein · Ennstal Alps · Gutenstein Alps · Hochschwab · Kaiser Mountains · Karwendel · Lechquellen · Lechtal Alps · Leogang Mountains · Lofer · Mieming Range · Mürzsteg Alps · Rax-Schneeberg · Salzkammergut Mountains · Tennen · Totes Gebirge · Türnitz Alps · Upper Austrian Prealps · Vienna Woods · Wetterstein · Ybbstal Alps
Central (Eastern) Alps: Ankogel Group · Glockner Group · Goldberg Group · Granatspitze Group · Gurktal Alps · Kitzbühel Alps · Kreuzeck Group · Lavanttal Alps · Ötztal Alps · Prealps East of the Mur · Radstadt Tauern · Rätikon · Rieserferner Group · Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern · Samnaun Alps · Sarntal Alps · Schladming Tauern · Schober Group · Seckau Tauern · Sesvenna Alps · Silvretta Alps · Stubai Alps · Tux Alps · Venediger Group · Verwall Alps · Villgraten · Zillertal Alps
Southern Limestone Alps: Adamello-Presanella Alps · Brenta Group · Carnic Alps · Carnic Prealps · Dolomites · Fiemme · Gailtal Alps · Garda Mountains · Julian Alps · Kamnik-Savinja Alps · Karawanks · Nonsberg Group · Ortler Group · Pohorje · Rhaetian Alps · Sobretta-Gavia Group · Vicentine Alps
Western Alps: Aarmassif · Belledonne · Bernese Alps · Cottian Alps · Dauphiné Alps · Dauphiné Prealps · Glarus Alps · Graian Alps · Maritime Alps · Massif des Écrins · Pennine Alps · Provence Alps and Prealps · Saint-Gotthard Massif · Savoy Alps

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Four-thousanders · Three-thousanders · Mountains between 2,500 and 2,999 m · Mountains between 2,000 and 2,499 m · Most prominent mountains ·

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The Great St. Bernard Pass and Lake

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Geology Geology of the Alps
Rivers: Aare · Brandenberger Ache · Brixentaler Ache · Drau · Erlauf · Inn · Lech (river) · Lütschine · Mangfall · Ötztaler Ache · Rienz · Salzach · Sill · Spöl · Ybbs · Ziller
Valleys: Kleinwalsertal · Lötschental · Pustertal · Stubaital · Tuxertal
Lakes: Lago di Muzzano · Lai da Marmorera · Lake Brienz · Lake Constance · Lake Geneva · Lake Lungern · Lake Maggiore · Lake Thun · Lake Zug · Melchsee · Oeschinen Lake · Schwarzsee
Passes: Albula Pass · Bernina Pass · Col Agnel · Col de l'Iseran · Great St. Bernard Pass · Flüela Pass · Furka Pass · Grimsel Pass · Grosse Scheidegg · Grossglockner High Alpine Road · Jungfraujoch · Pack Saddle · San Bernardino Pass · San Pellegrino Pass · Seeberg Saddle · Semmering Pass · Simplon Pass · Stelvio Pass · St. Gotthard Pass · Tuxer Joch

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29.9.2024 Climate Change: Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border around the Matterhorn. (Source:The Guardian)

21.8.2023 Freezing level at record-breaking height of 5,300 metres above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe. (Source: Guardian)

6.1.2023 Elite Swiss ski resort flies snow to the slopes after country experiences mild winter with temperatures of 20 degree Celsius (Source: The Telegraph)

28.7.2022 Climbers and guides adapt to changing climate and landscape in the Alps (Source:UKClimbing.com)

25.7.2022 Freezing point climbs to record high above Swiss Alpine summits. (Source:The Guardian)

3.6.2022 Global heating is turning white Alps green, study finds. (Source:The Guardian)

28.4.2022 Largest-ever marine reptile tooth discovered in the Swiss Alps. (Source:Swissinfo.ch)

25.1.2022 Plastic snowfall in the Alps. (Source:Phys.org)

8.12.2021 A climber found a trove of gems in the Alps amid a 47-year-old plane wreck of Air India Flight 101. He gets to keep half. (Source:Washington Post)

15.6.2021 Researchers studying pink snow in the Alps describe phenomena as ‘marker of climate change’. (Source:iNews)

6.5.2021 Melting ice reveals first world war relics in Italian Alps - the so-called White War. (Source:The Guardian)

16.4.2021 Ice on the Alps’s highest peak (Mont Blanc) details a rise in the pollutant, bromine. (Source:Nature)

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