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    Pennine Alps (French: Alpes Pennines, German: Walliser Alpen, Italian: Alpi Pennine, Latin: Alpes Poeninae), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps...
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  • Pennine may refer to: Pennine, a black-green variant of clinochlore Pennines, a mountain range in England Pennine Alps, a mountain range in the western...
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    The Pennines (/ˈpɛnaɪnz/), also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of uplands mainly located in Northern England. Commonly described...
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    from the Chablais Alps in the west and from the Pennine Alps in the south; the upper Rhône valley separates them from the Lepontine Alps to the southeast;...
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    Bielefeldt. "Viertausender d Alps". Retrieved 26 May 2009. Alpine Club Guide Book 'Selected Climbs in the Pennine Alps Vol II', translated and adapted...
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    Bernard Pass is one of the highest in the Alps, crossing the Italian-Swiss border east of the Pennine Alps along the flanks of Mont Blanc. The pass was...
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    Col Ferret) Chablais Alps (from Lake Geneva to the Col des Montets) Pennine Alps (from Col Ferret to the Simplon Pass) Lepontine Alps (from Simplon Pass...
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    is part of the Central Eastern Alps, except the Ortler Alps which belong to the Southern Limestone Alps. The Pennine, Bernese and Bernina Range are the...
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    Matterhorn (category Pennine Alps)
    Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe. The...
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    International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation defines a summit in the Alps as independent, if the connecting ridge between it and a higher summit drops...
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  • Mont Gond is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, overlooking Siviez, south of Nendaz in the canton of Valais. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps...
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    Swiss Alps. Most of them are situated in the Pennine and Bernese Alps. The Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area includes the largest glaciers of the Alps. There...
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    the rocks forming Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and high peaks in the Pennine Alps and Hohe Tauern (Stampfli & Borel 2004). Subsequently, the formation...
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    The Fluchthorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Saas-Almagell in the canton of Valais. It lies east of the Strahlhorn. Retrieved...
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  • (German: Wallis) Pennine Alps (German: Walliser Alpen) Walliser German, an Alemannic dialect spoken in Valais and other regions of the Alps Cole Walliser...
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    Dent Blanche (category Pennine Alps)
    mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At 4,357 m (14,295 ft)-high, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The original...
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    Monte Rosa (category Pennine Alps)
    German: Monte Rosa) is a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley) and Switzerland...
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    Simplon Pass (category Mountain passes of the Alps)
    Romansh: Pass dal Simplon) is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton of Valais...
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    with an elevation of 1,386 metres (4,547 ft). It is located in the Pennine Alps, in the Province of Vercelli. It lies in Valsesia, which it divides from...
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    also made important first ascents on the Mont Blanc massif and in the Pennine Alps, Chimborazo in South America, and the Canadian Rockies. His exploration...
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    twenty-meter height upon landing, after achieving the first air crossing of the Pennine Alps. Jorge Chávez Dartnell was born in Paris, France to Peruvian parents...
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  • col is lacking. For the Eastern Alps the range names are according to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps. SOIUSA codes, representing a proposal...
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  • name of a region in the Alps, and can refer to: Simplon Pass, high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland Simplon...
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  • 563 14,970 Pennine Alps, Switzerland-Italy Signalkuppe (Monte Rosa) 4,554 14,941 Pennine Alps, Switzerland-Italy Dom 4,545 14,911 Pennine Alps, Switzerland...
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    Alps Ligurian Alps Maritime Alps Cottian Alps Dauphiné Alps Graian Alps Pennine Alps Bernese Alps Lepontine Alps Tödi Range North-Eastern Swiss Alps Eastern...
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  • Blanc massif, is the second-highest peak in the Alps Mont Blanc de Cheilon, a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland Mont Blanc Tunnel, a tunnel beneath...
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    exceeding 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). The two main mountain ranges are the Alps (south and east) and the Jura (north and west), separated by the Swiss Plateau...
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    The Bavarian Alps (German: Bayerische Alpen) is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of...
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  • mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border Mont Brûlé (Val d'Entremont), a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Orsières...
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    Dom (mountain) (category Pennine Alps)
    The Dom is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between Randa and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With a height of 4,546 m (14,915 ft)...
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