- Pennine Alps
Geobox|Range
name=Pennine Alps
other_name= _fr. Alpes valaisannes
other_name1= _de. Walliser Alpen
other_name2= _it. Alpi Pennine
image_caption=
country=Switzerland |country1=Italy
region=Valais | region1=Piedmont | region2=Aosta Valley
parent=Alps
border=Graian Alps| border1=Lepontine Alps| border2=Bernese Alps
length=| length_orientation=
width= | width_orientation=
geology= | period= | orogeny=
highest=Dufourspitze
highest_elevation=4634
highest_lat_d=45|highest_lat_m=56|highest_lat_s=12|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=7|highest_long_m=52|highest_long_s=00|highest_long_EW=E
map_caption=Central AlpsThe Pennine Alps (also: "Valais Alps") are amountain range in the western part of theAlps . They are located inSwitzerland (Valais ) andItaly (Piedmont and theAosta Valley ). TheCol Ferret separates them from theMont Blanc Massif ; theDora Baltea valley separates them from theGraian Alps ; theSimplon Pass separates them from theLepontine Alps ; the Rhône valley separates them from theBernese Alps .The Italian side is drained by the rivers
Dora Baltea , Sesia andToce , tributaries of the Po. The Swiss side is drained by theRhône River .The
Great St Bernard Tunnel , under theGreat St Bernard Pass , leads fromMartigny, Switzerland toAosta .Peaks
The chief peaks of the Pennine Alps are:
ee also
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Swiss Alps References
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