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The Dolomites (Italy) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.. The Alps (/ æ l p s /) [a] are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, [b] [2] stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
Alpine fauna: Alpine chough · Alpine ibex · Alpine marmot · Alpine salamander · Chamois · European adder · Glacier flea · Golden eagle · Nutcracker · Mountain burnet · Red-billed chough · Rock ptarmigan · Snowfinch · Wallcreeper
Alpine ibexes primarily feed on grass and are active throughout the year. Although they are social animals, adult males and females segregate for most of the year, coming together only to mate. During the breeding season, males use their long horns to fight for access to females. Ibexes have few predators but may succumb to parasites and diseases.
The chamois (/ ˈ ʃ æ m w ɑː /; [2] French: ⓘ) (Rupicapra rupicapra) or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to the mountains in Southern Europe, from the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra to the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Rila–Rhodope massif, Pindus, the northeastern mountains of Turkey, and the Caucasus. [1]
For a list containing many of the independent mountains of the Alps (i.e. only those with a prominence greater than 300 metres (980 ft) and covering all countries, see List of prominent mountains of the Alps. Another, less formal, list of 4000 metre alpine mountains, containing only independent peaks with a prominence of over 100m, and based on ...
This page tabulates only the most prominent mountains of the Alps, selected for having a topographic prominence of at least 300 metres (980 ft), all exceeding 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in height. Although the list contains 537 summits, some significant alpine mountains are necessarily excluded for failing to meet the stringent prominence criterion.
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. Some famous peaks, such as the Matterhorn and Eiger, are not Ultras because they are connected to higher mountains by high cols and therefore do not achieve enough topographic prominence.
The list is a continuation of the List of prominent mountains of the Alps (2500–2999 m) and List of prominent mountains of the Alps above 3000 m, which contains an introduction with statistics and an explanation of the criteria.