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The Alps extend in an arc from France in the south and west to Slovenia in the east, and from Monaco in the south to Germany in the north. The Alps are a crescent shaped geographic feature of central Europe that ranges in an 800 km (500 mi) arc (curved line) from east to west and is 200 km (120 mi) in width.
While smaller groups within the Alps may be easily defined by the passes on either side, defining larger units can be problematic. A traditional divide exists between the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps, which uses the Splügen Pass (Italian: Passo dello Spluga) on the Swiss-Italian border, together with the Rhine to the north and Lake Como in the south as the defining features.
The Alps form part of a Cenozoic orogenic belt of mountain chains, called the Alpide belt, that stretches through southern Europe and Asia from the Atlantic all the way to the Himalayas. This belt of mountain chains was formed during the Alpine orogeny. A gap in these mountain chains in central Europe separates the Alps from the Carpathians to
Mount Elbrus, located in Russia, is the highest mountain in Europe. Some of Europe's major mountain ranges are: Alps, in Central Western Europe Western Alps; Eastern Alps; Southern Alps; Northern Alps; Apennines, which run through Italy; Baetic System, Spain, Iberian Peninsula; Musala, highest peak of the Balkans seen from Yastrebets. The ...
Southern Europe is focused on the three peninsulas located in the extreme south of the European continent. These are the Iberian Peninsula , the Apennine Peninsula , and the Balkan Peninsula . [ 12 ] [ 13 ] These three peninsulas are separated from the rest of Europe by towering mountain ranges, respectively by the Pyrenees , the Alps and the ...
This is a list of the mountains of the Alps, ordered by their topographic prominence.For a list by height, see the list of mountains of the Alps.By descending to 1,500 m of prominence, this list includes all the Ultras of the Alps.
The Engadin Airport near St. Moritz at an altitude of 1,704 meters is the highest in Europe. The crossing of the Alps is a key issue at national and international levels, as the European continent is at places divided by the range.
The Alps were millions of years old before the Apennines rose from the sea. The northward movement of the African Plate and its collision with the European Plate then caused the Alpine Orogeny, beginning in the late Mesozoic. The band of mountains created extends from Spain to Turkey in a roughly east–west direction and includes the Alps.