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Western Alps

Western part of the Alps mountain range

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name	Western Alps
native_name
photo	Mont Blanc from Punta Helbronner, 2010 July.JPG
photo_caption	Mont Blanc, the highest summit of the Western Alps, as seen from Aosta Valley, Italy
country
parent	Alps
borders_on
orogeny	Alpine orogeny
length_km	300
width	150 to
length_ref
highest	Mont Blanc
elevation_m	4810
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map_image	Western_alps_from_space.jpg
map_caption	The Western Alps from space

The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzerland (e.g. Valais). In the southeast the range is bounded by the Italian Padan Plain. In the west, the valley of the Rhone river separates it from the Massif Central. The northernmost part of the Western Alps - in the wide meaning of the term - is formed by the Swiss Prealps Sub-Range.

The peaks and mountain passes are higher compared to the Eastern Alps, while the range itself is not so broad and more arched.

''Partizione delle Alpi''

In the Partizione delle Alpi (in English literally Partition of the Alps), adopted by the Italian *Comitato Geografico Nazionale * (National Geographic Committee) in 1926 following the IX Congresso Geografico Italiano (Italian Geographic Congress), the Alpine Range is divided into three main parts: Western, Central and Eastern Alps.

In this traditional subdivision, the Western Alps start from the Bocchetta di Altare (or Colle di Cadibona) and end with the Col Ferret.

The Partizione delle Alpi divides the Western Alps into the following eight sections (in brackets the section number):

Maritime Alps (1), Cottian Alps (2), Graian Alps (3), Provence Alps (4), Dauphiné Alps (5), Provence Prealps (6), Dauphiné Prealps (7) and Savoy Prealps (8).

References

Maps

Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography - Swisstopo); on-line version: map.geo.admin.ch

References

Umlauft, Friedrich. (1889). "The Alps". K. Paul, Trench & Company.
''Archivio veneto'', VV.AA., Deputazione di storia patria per le Venezie, 1971

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