beautiful serrated outline, in which the higher tops of Mont Cenis and Monte Viso were conspicuous, and terminated abruptly at the southern extremity on...

annual visitors. The English word Alps comes from the Latin Alpes. The Latin word Alpes could possibly come from the adjective albus ("white"), or could...

Alps, Mont Blanc Massif, France Mount Moran 3,842 12,605 Wyoming, US Monte Viso 3,841 12,602 Italian Alps Sauyr Zhotasy 3,840 12,598 Kazakhstan Mount...

South Tyrol (91), Sondrio (73), Aosta Valley (69), Savoy (67), Hautes-Alpes (66), Salzburg (57), Belluno (56) and Trentino (50). Map all coordinates...

Božo (1997). "Triglav: ein Symbolberg" [Triglav: a Symbol Mountain]. Les Alpes de Slovénie = Die Alpen Sloweniens (in German and French). pp. 137–142....

From its summit there is a view of the Italian and Swiss Alps, up to the Monte Viso. It is characterized by an extremely varied landscape, in which wide valleys...

and associations in the region. The first name of the Dents du Midi was "Alpe de Chalen" ("alpine pasture of Chalen"), dating from 1342. It was later transformed...