Pennine Alps
The Pennine Alps, sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps, are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy and Switzerland.
The Pennine Alps are amongst the three highest major subranges of the Alps, together with the Bernese Alps and the Graian Alps that include the Mont Blanc massif.
Geography
The Italian side is drained by the rivers Dora Baltea, Sesia and Toce, tributaries of the Po. The Swiss side is drained by the Rhône.The Great St Bernard Tunnel, under the Great St Bernard Pass, leads from Martigny, Switzerland to Aosta.
Morphology
The main chain runs from west to east on the border between Italy and Switzerland. From Mont Vélan, the first high summit east of St Bernard Pass, the chain rarely goes below 3000 metres and contains many four-thousanders such as Matterhorn or Monte Rosa. The valleys are quite similar on both side of the border, being generally oriented perpendicular to the main chain and descending progressively into the Rhône Valley on the north and the Aosta Valley on the south. Unlike many other mountain ranges, the higher peaks are often located outside the main chain and found themselves between the northern valleys.Peaks
The chief peaks of the Pennine Alps are:| Name | Height |
| Dufourspitze | |
| Nordend | |
| Zumsteinspitze | |
| Signalkuppe | |
| Dom | |
| Liskamm | |
| Weisshorn | |
| Täschhorn | |
| Matterhorn | |
| Parrotspitze | |
| Dent Blanche | |
| Nadelhorn | |
| Grand Combin | |
| Lenzspitze | |
| Stecknadelhorn | |
| Castor | |
| Zinalrothorn | |
| Hohberghorn | |
| Alphubel | |
| Rimpfischhorn | |
| Strahlhorn | |
| Dent d'Hérens | |
| Breithorn | |
| Bishorn | |
| Breithornzwillinge | |
| Pollux | |
| Ober Gabelhorn | |
| Dürrenhorn | |
| Allalinhorn | |
| Weissmies | |
| Lagginhorn | |
| Fletschhorn | |
| Adlerhorn | |
| Schalihorn | |
| Jägerhorn | |
| Grand Cornier | |
| Ulrichshorn | |
| Wellenkuppe | |
| Feechopf | |
| Klein Matterhorn | |
| Pointe du Mountet | |
| La Ruinette |
| Name | Height |
| Mont Blanc de Cheilon | |
| Bouquetins | |
| Tour de Boussine | |
| Brunegghorn | |
| Balfrin | |
| Cima di Jazzi | |
| Pigne d'Arolla | |
| Mont Vélan | |
| Kinhorn | |
| L'Évêque | |
| Tête Blanche | |
| Le Pleureur | |
| Aiguille de la Tsa | |
| Besso | |
| Mont Collon | |
| Les Diablons | |
| Pointes de Mourti | |
| Le Ritord | |
| Dents de Bertol | |
| Mont Gelé | |
| Petite Aiguille | |
| Becca di Luseney | |
| Château des Dames | |
| Tällihorn | |
| Pigne de la Lé | |
| Grand Tournalin | |
| Rosablanche | |
| Wasuhorn | |
| Mont Avril | |
| Almagellhorn | |
| Grande Rochère | |
| Corno Bianco | |
| Testa Grigia | |
| La Cassorte | |
| Böshorn | |
| Le Parrain | |
| Sasseneire | |
| Bösentrift | |
| Festihorn | |
| Grand Golliat | |
| Jazzihorn | |
| Pizzo Bianco | |
| Mont de la Gouille | |
| Latelhorn | |
| Jegihorn |
| Name | Height |
| Schwarzhorn | |
| Lammenhorn | |
| Gornergrat | |
| Pointe d'Ar Pitetta | |
| Corno di Faller | |
| Frilihorn | |
| Mont Rogneux | |
| Le Boudri | |
| Mont Néry | |
| Seetalhorn | |
| Bella Tola | |
| Corno Bussola | |
| Le Toûno | |
| Sparruhorn | |
| Monte Tagliaferro | |
| Pointe de Barasson | |
| Mont Blava | |
| Riffelhorn | |
| Palanche de la Cretta | |
| Bec de la Montau | |
| Ochsehorn | |
| Signalhorn | |
| Sex de Marinda | |
| Aiguille des Angroniettes | |
| Balmahorn | |
| Roc d'Orzival | |
| Le Mourin | |
| Pletschuhorn | |
| Becca de Corbassière | |
| Cima del Rosso | |
| Wenghorn | |
| Cima di Bo | |
| Ergischhorn | |
| Glishorn | |
| Crêta de Vella | |
| Six Blanc | |
| Cima Verosso | |
| Guggilihorn | |
| Testa di Comagna |
Glaciers
Main glaciers:- Gorner Glacier
- Corbassière Glacier
- Findel Glacier
- Zmutt Glacier
- Zinal Glacier
- Otemma Glacier
- Allalin Glacier
- Ferpècle Glacier
- Fee Glacier
- Mont Miné Glacier
- Ried Glacier
- Turtmann Glacier
- Moiry Glacier
- Arolla Glacier
- Moming Glacier
- Cheilon Glacier
- Rossbode Glacier
Passes
Nature conservation
Some regional nature parks, like the Parco Naturale Alta Valsesia, the Mont Mars Nature Reserve and the Regional park of Binn valley, have been established on both sides of the main water divide.Maps
Maps
- Swiss official cartography ; on-line version:
- Italian official cartography ; on-line version: