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Some 750 miles (1,200 kilometres) long and more than 125 miles wide at their broadest point between Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and Verona, Italy, the Alps cover more than 80,000 square miles (207,000 square kilometres). They are the most prominent of western Europe’s physiographic regions.
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.
Where Are The Alps? Map of Europe showing the elevation of the Alps. The Alps mountain range stretches from the north of the Mediterranean Sea near Monaco in southern France into Switzerland, then through northern Italy into southern Germany, and towards Vienna in Austria.
This article describes the delimitation of the Alps as a whole and of subdivisions of the range, follows the course of the main chain of the Alps and discusses the lakes and glaciers found in the region.
Explore Alps in Google Earth.
The Alps are the highest (4809 meters or 2.99 miles) and most large mountain range system that belongs entirely in Europe, spreading approximately 1,210 kilometers or 750 miles across nine Alpine countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Liechtenstein, and Slovakia).
The Alps offer some of the greatest supported hiking and walking opportunities in Europe. The trails are well-maintained, well-marked and connected by hundreds of villages, hamlets, inns and mountain huts where hikers can find accommodation that is clean and comfortable.