Main chain of the Alps
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The main chain of the Alps, also called the Alpine divide is the central line of mountains that forms the drainage divide of the range. Main chains of mountain ranges are traditionally designated in t
Main chain of the Alps
Main ridge (Fuscherkarkopf) in the Hohe Tauern range
View of the Witenwasserenstock with the tripoint between the Rhone, Rhine, and Po basins (center left)
Matterhorn
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The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pe
Main chain of the Alps
…chain maintains a greater average height than in any other part. But, though it rises in a number of lofty peaks, such as the Mont Vélan (3,727 m), the Matterhorn (4,478 m), the Lyskamm (4,533 m), the Nord End of Monte Rosa (4,575 m), and the Weissmies (4,023 m), many of the highest points of the region, such as…
View on the south and east faces and the area of the Theodul Pass between Italy (left) and Switzerland (right)
View from the summit towards Monte Rosa with the valleys of Mattertal (left) and Valtournenche (right)
View from the summit towards the west and the nearest other 4,000-metre peak: the Dent d'Hérens