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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,307 metres
- Description: mountain range in the Western part of the Alps
- Also known as: “Alpes Pennines”, “Alpes Valaisannes”, “Alpi Pennine”, “Pennine Alpes”, and “Valais Alps”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kinhorn and Dom.
Kinhorn
Peak
The Kinhorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Täsch in the canton of Valais. It is located on the ridge west of the Täschhorn.
Dom
Peak
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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, it is the seventh highest summit in the Alps, overall.
Täschhorn
Peak
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Täschhorn is a mountain in the Pennine range of the Alps in Switzerland. There are no easy mountaineering routes to its summit, and it is regarded as being among the top ten 4,000-metre mountains in the Alps for difficulty, and "one of the highest, finest and least accessible 4000m mountains".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Randa and Täsch.
Randa
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Randa is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located between the Weisshorn and the Dom in the Matter Valley. Randa is situated 4½ km northwest of Pennine Alps.
Täsch
Village
Täsch is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located about 5 km north of Zermatt. The local language is Swiss German. Täsch is situated 4½ km west of Pennine Alps.
Saas-Fee
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saas-Fee is the biggest town in the Saas valley in the Swiss canton of Valais. The valley is a destination for winter sport, with the slopes in Saas fee being one of the few places in the region where skiing in summer is possible.
Pennine Alps
- Categories: alpine section and landform
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Pennine Alps” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال الألب بينيني”
- Armenian: “Պենինյան Ալպեր”
- Basque: “Alpe Peninoak”
- Belarusian: “Пенінскія Альпы”
- Bulgarian: “Пенински Алпи”
- Catalan: “Alps del Valais”
- Catalan: “Alps Penins”
- Cebuano: “Alpi Pennine”
- Chinese: “彭尼內山”
- Chinese: “彭尼内山”
- Czech: “Penninské Alpy”
- Czech: “Walliské Alpy”
- Danish: “Wallis-Alperne”
- Dutch: “Alpi Pennine”
- Dutch: “Walliser Alpen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الالب بينينى”
- Esperanto: “Peninaj Alpoj”
- Estonian: “Penniini Alpid”
- Finnish: “Penniiniset Alpit”
- Finnish: “Valais’n Alpit”
- Finnish: “Wallisin Alpit”
- French: “Alpes pennines”
- French: “Alpes valaisannes”
- Georgian: “პენინის ალპები”
- German: “Walliser Alpen”
- Hebrew: “האלפים הפניניים”
- Hungarian: “Pennini-Alpok”
- Hungarian: “Wallis-Alpok”
- Irish: “Alpa Pennine”
- Italian: “Alpi del Vallese”
- Italian: “Alpi Pennine”
- Japanese: “ペンニネアルプス山脈”
- Korean: “발리저 알펜”
- Korean: “알피 펜니네”
- Korean: “페나인 알프스”
- Korean: “펜니네”
- Ladin: “Elpes dl Wallis”
- Latvian: “Penninu Alpi”
- Lithuanian: “Peninų Alpės”
- Macedonian: “Валиски Алпи”
- Macedonian: “Пенински Алпи”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wallis-Alpene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wallis-Alpane”
- Norwegian: “Wallis-Alpene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alps valesianas”
- Persian: “آلپ پنین”
- Polish: “Alpy Pennińskie”
- Polish: “Alpy Walijskie”
- Portuguese: “Alpes valaisanos”
- Romanian: “Alpii Pennini”
- Russian: “Пеннинские Альпы”
- Slovak: “Penninské Alpy”
- Slovenian: “Peninske Alpe”
- Spanish: “Alpes peninos”
- Spanish: “Alpes Peninos”
- Swedish: “Alpi Pennine”
- Swedish: “Penninska alperna”
- Swiss German: “Walliser Alpen”
- Tosk Albanian: “Walliser Alpen”
- Turkish: “Pennine Alpleri”
- Ukrainian: “Пеннінські Альпи”
- Venetian: “Alpi Penine”
- Vietnamese: “Alpes pennines”
- Western Panjabi: “پننائین الپس”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Täsch and Herbriggen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kinlücke and Kinfelsen.
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