Western Rhaetian Alps

Updated on Jan 01, 2025

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Elevation 4,049 m (13,284 ft) Orogeny Alpine orogeny Parent range Central Eastern Alps		State/Province Graubünden Peak Piz Bernina

Countries Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein and Switzerland Borders on ListLugano PrealpsLepontine AlpsGlarus AlpsAppenzell AlpsBavarian AlpsNorth Tyrol Limestone AlpsEastern Rhaetian AlpsSouthern Rhaetian Alps Topo map Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

The Western Rhaetian Alps (Italian: Alpi Retiche occidentali, German: Westliche Rätische Alpen) are a mountain range in the central part of the Alps.

GeographyEdit

Administratively the range mainly belongs to the Italian region of Lombardy, the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Austrian states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol. Also the independent state of Liechtenstein is totally included in the Western Rhaetian Alps.

SOIUSA classificationEdit

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:

main part = Eastern Alps

major sector = Central Eastern Alps

section = Western Rhaetian Alps

code = II/A-15

SubdivisionEdit

The range is subdivided into seven subsections:

Oberhalbstein Range (DE: Oberhalbsteiner Alpen, IT: Alpi del Platta) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.I,

Albula Alps (DE: Albula-Alpen, IT: Alpi dell'Albula) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.II,

Bernina Range (DE: Berninagruppe, IT: Alpi del Bernina) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.III,

Livigno Range (DE: Livigno-Alperne, IT: Alpi di Livigno) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.IV,

Sesvenna Range (DE: Sesvennagruppe, IT: Alpi della Val Müstair) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.V,

Silvretta, Samnaun and Ferwall Alps (DE: Silvretta, Samnaun und Ferwall Alpen, IT: Alpi del Silvretta, del Samnaun e del Verwall) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.VI,

Plessur Range (DE: Plessur-Alpen, IT: Alpi del Plessur) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.VII,

Rätikon (DE: Rätikon, IT: Catena del Rätikon) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.- SOIUSA code: II/A-15.VIII.