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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 .
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Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray. This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies.First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent.
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
According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way: [3] main part = Western Alps; major sector = North Western Alps; section = Pennine Alps; subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps; supergroup = Contrafforti valsesiani del Monte Rosa; group = Costiera del Corno ...
His own form of the name was the "Pennine Alps" (Alpes Peninos), which today is used for a western section of the continental Alps. Those mountains (the area around the St. Bernard Pass) derive their name from the Latin Alpes Pœninæ whose name has been variously derived from the Carthaginians, [17] a local god, [18] and Celtic peninus. [19]
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