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The Pennine Alps (French: Alpes Pennines, German: Walliser Alpen, Italian: Alpi Pennine, Latin: Alpes Poeninae), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy (the Aosta Valley and Piedmont) and Switzerland .
Petroglyphs, Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, Italy, which was recognized by UNESCO in 1979 and was Italy's first recognized World Heritage Site (from Alps) Image 43 The Nazis hid looted art in salt mines at Altaussee , such as the Early Netherlandish Ghent Altarpiece which sustained significant damage.
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However, heights often conflict on different topographic maps, even when created by the same cartographic institution. For example, the Fletschhorn is indicated to be 3993, 3982, and 3984.5 m high on the 1:100,000, 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 Swisstopo map, respectively. This table uses the latter map's (rounded) elevation.
Pennine Alps Pic Tyndall: Italy, Switzerland 4241 m Pennine Alps Picco Muzio: Italy, Switzerland 4187 m Pennine Alps Entdeckungsfels (Roccia della Scoperta) Switzerland 4178 m Pennine Alps Balmenhorn: Italy 4167 m Pennine Alps Alphubel south top Switzerland 4166 m Pennine Alps Dent d'Hérens la Corne Switzerland 4148 m Pennine Alps Pointe Burnaby
The highest peak of the massif, amongst several peaks of over 4,000 m (13,000 ft), is the Dufourspitze (4,634 m, 15,203 ft), the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe, after Mont Blanc. [2] The east face of the Monte Rosa towards Italy has a height of about 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) and is the highest mountain wall of the Alps.
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine supergroup classified in the following way: [2] main part = Western Alps; major sector = North-Western Alps; section = Pennine Alps; subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps; supergroup =Alpi Cusiane; code = I/B-9.IV-B
All mountain heights and prominences on the list are from the largest-scale maps available. [1] ... Pennine Alps: I/B-09.II-A Aosta Valley: 1864 Cima Viola: 3,374