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Western Rhaetian Alps

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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

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Countries
  
Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Borders on
  
List Lugano Prealps Lepontine Alps Glarus Alps Appenzell Alps Bavarian Alps North Tyrol Limestone Alps Eastern Rhaetian Alps Southern 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.

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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.

    • AVE ClassificationEdit

    The Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps categorizes most of the SOIUSA Western Rhaetian Alps groups within the Western Limestone Alps.

    Notable summitsEdit

    Some notable summits of the Western Rhaetian Alps are:

    Notable passesEdit

    Some notable passes of the Western Rhaetian Alps are:

  • Albula Pass
  • Bernina Pass
  • Flüela Pass
  • Foscagno Pass
  • Maloja Pass
  • Reschen Pass
  • Splügen Pass
  • Stelvio Pass
  • Umbrail Pass
  • Wolfgang Pass

    • MapsEdit

  • Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
  • Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography - Swisstopo); on-line version: map.geo.admin.ch

    • References

    Western Rhaetian Alps Wikipedia
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