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Alps

The Alps are a range of mountains in caused by uplift in the European Plate as it is impacted by the African Plate moving north; they stretch from through , , , , , and into .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Mont Blanc and Matterhorn.

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is the highest summit of Western Europe, on the border between France and Italy. The mountain can be approached from in France and from in Italy: see those pages for amenities and activities around the massif.

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The is one of the tallest mountains in the Alps, straddling the border of and .

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The are part of the Alps and are located in at the southern end of the federal state of and continue across the border into .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Portes du Soleil.

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is the name for a massive international ski area that straddles the French and Swiss borders. Towns and resorts in this area include:…
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Alps

  • Type: mountain range
  • Description: major mountain range system in central Europe
  • Also known as: “Alpeia”, “Alpeis”, “Alpine”, “Central European Alps”, “European Alpine Region”, “European Alps”, and “the Alps”
  • Location:
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Latitude of center
46.5° or 46° 30′ north
Longitude of center
10.1° or 10° 6′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q1286
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Alps” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Alpen”
  • Afrikaans: “Alpe”
  • Albanian: “Alpet”
  • Amharic: “አልፕስ ተራሮች”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἄλπεις”
  • Angika: “ऐल्प्स”
  • Arabic: “ألب”
  • Arabic: “الآلب”
  • Arabic: “الألب”
  • Arabic: “الب”
  • Arabic: “جبال الآلب”
  • Arabic: “جبال الألب السويسرية”
  • Arabic: “جبال الألب”
  • Arabic: “سلسلة جبال الألب”
  • Aragonese: “Alpes”
  • Armenian: “Ալպեր”
  • Arpitan: “Arpes”
  • Arpitan: “Ârpes”
  • Assamese: “এল্পছ”
  • Asturian: “Alpes”
  • Avaric: “Алпал”
  • Awadhi: “आल्प्स”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alp dağları”
  • Bashkir: “Альп тауҙары”
  • Bashkir: “Альптар”
  • Basque: “Alpeak”
  • Bavarian: “Oipn”
  • Belarusian: “Альпы”
  • Bengali: “আল্পস পর্বতমালা”
  • Bengali: “আল্পস”
  • Bhojpuri: “आल्प्स”
  • Bosnian: “Alpe”
  • Bosnian: “Alpi”
  • Breton: “Alpoù”
  • Bulgarian: “Алпи”
  • Burmese: “အယ်လ်ပ် တောင်တန်း”
  • Burmese: “အယ်လ်ပ်တောင်တန်း”
  • Burmese: “အဲ့လပတောင်တန်း”
  • Catalan: “Alps”
  • Central Bikol: “Alpes”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەڵپ”
  • Chechen: “Альпаш”
  • Chinese: “Alpes”
  • Chinese: “阿伊卑斯”
  • Chinese: “阿尔卑斯”
  • Chinese: “阿尔卑斯山”
  • Chinese: “阿爾卑斯山”
  • Chinese: “阿爾卑斯山脈”
  • Cornish: “Alpow”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Alplar”
  • Croatian: “Alpe”
  • Czech: “Alpy”
  • Danish: “Alperne”
  • Dutch: “Alpen”
  • Dutch: “Alpengebied”
  • Eastern Mari: “Альп”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الب”
  • Esperanto: “Alpoj”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭropaj Alpoj”
  • Esperanto: “Mezeŭropaj Alpoj”
  • Estonian: “Alpid”
  • Faroese: “Alpurnar”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Alps”
  • Finnish: “Alpit”
  • French: “Alpes”
  • Friulian: “Alps”
  • Galician: “Alpes”
  • Gan Chinese: “阿爾卑斯山”
  • Georgian: “ალპები”
  • German: “Alpen”
  • German: “Alpenbogen”
  • German: “Alpenregion”
  • German: “alpin”
  • German: “europäische Alpen”
  • German: “mitteleuropäische Alpen”
  • Greek: “Άλπεις”
  • Guarani: “Áype”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Alp”
  • Gujarati: “આલ્પ્સ પર્વતમાળા”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Â-ngì-pî-sṳ̂ sân”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Alpes sân”
  • Hausa: “Alps”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻAlepa”
  • Hebrew: “הרי האלפים”
  • Hindi: “ऐल्प्स पर्वतमाला”
  • Hindi: “ऐल्प्स”
  • Hungarian: “Alpok”
  • Icelandic: “Alpafjöll”
  • Ido: “Alpi”
  • Ido: “Montaro Alpi”
  • Iloko: “Alpes”
  • Indonesian: “Alpen”
  • Interlingua: “Alpes”
  • Interlingue: “Alpes”
  • Irish: “Na hAlpa”
  • Italian: “Alpi”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Alps”
  • Japanese: “アルプス山脈”
  • Javanese: “Alpen”
  • Kabiyè: “Alɩpʊwaa”
  • Kabyle: “Idurar n Alp”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲ್ಪ್ಸ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Alp tawlari”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Alp tawları”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Альпла”
  • Kazakh: “Альпі”
  • Kirghiz: “Альп тоолору”
  • Kirghiz: “Альпы”
  • Korean: “알프스산맥”
  • Kurdish: “Alp”
  • Ladin: “Alpes”
  • Ladin: “Elpes”
  • Lao: “ແອລປ໌”
  • Latin: “Alpes”
  • Latvian: “Alpi”
  • Ligurian: “Arpi”
  • Limburgan: “Alpe”
  • Lingala: “Alpi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Alpes”
  • Lithuanian: “Alpės”
  • Lombard: “Alp”
  • Low German: “Alpen”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Alpy”
  • Luxembourgish: “Alpen”
  • Macedonian: “Алпи”
  • Malagasy: “Tandavan-tendrombohitra Alpa”
  • Malay: “Banjaran Alp”
  • Malay: “Banjaran Alps”
  • Malayalam: “ആൽപ്സ്”
  • Marathi: “आल्प्स”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alpes”
  • Minangkabau: “Alpen”
  • Mingrelian: “ალპეფი”
  • Mirandese: “Alpes”
  • Mongolian: “Альпийн нуруу”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جبال لألپ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لألپ”
  • Narom: “Alpes”
  • Neapolitan: “Arpe”
  • Nepali: “आल्प्स”
  • Newari: “एल्पस्”
  • Northern Frisian: “Alpen”
  • Northern Sami: “Álppat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alpene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alpane”
  • Norwegian: “Alpene”
  • Novial: “Alpes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alps”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Alpis”
  • Ossetian: “Альпæтæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਐਲਪ”
  • Papiamento: “Alpen”
  • Persian: “آلپ”
  • Persian: “کوه‌های آلپ”
  • Picard: “Alpes”
  • Piemontese: “Alp”
  • Polish: “Alpy”
  • Portuguese: “Alpes”
  • Portuguese: “Maciço Alpino”
  • Pushto: “آلپ غرونه”
  • Quechua: “Alpikuna”
  • Romanian: “Alpi”
  • Romanian: “Munții Alpi”
  • Romansh: “Alps”
  • Russia Buriat: “Альпа”
  • Russian: “Альпийские горы”
  • Russian: “Альпы”
  • Rusyn: “Алпы”
  • Sakizaya: “Al-payse a buyu’”
  • Samogitian: “Alpės”
  • Sardinian: “Alpes”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Alpen”
  • Scots: “Alps”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Alps”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Ailpeannan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Alps”
  • Serbian: “Алпи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alpe”
  • Sicilian: “Alpi”
  • Sindhi: “الپس جبل”
  • Sindhi: “الپس”
  • Sinhala: “ඇල්ප්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Alpy”
  • Slovenian: “Alpe”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلپ داغلاری”
  • Spanish: “Alpes”
  • Sundanese: “Alpen”
  • Swahili: “Alpi”
  • Swedish: “Alperna”
  • Swedish: “Centraleuropeiska alperna”
  • Swedish: “Europeiska alperna”
  • Swiss German: “Alpe”
  • Sylheti: “ꠀꠟ꠆ꠙꠍ ꠙꠣꠀꠠꠣꠁꠘ”
  • Tagalog: “Alpes”
  • Tajik: “Алп”
  • Tajik: “Кӯҳҳои Алп”
  • Talysh: “Alpi bandon”
  • Tamil: “ஆல்ப்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Альп таулары”
  • Telugu: “ఆల్ప్స్ పర్వతాలు”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาแอลป์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Alpen”
  • Turkish: “Alpler”
  • Turkmen: “Alplar”
  • Uighur: “ئالپ تاغلىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Альпи”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Alpy”
  • Urdu: “الپس”
  • Uzbek: “Alplar”
  • Venetian: “Alpe”
  • Veps: “Al’pad”
  • Vietnamese: “Alps”
  • Vietnamese: “Anpơ”
  • Vlaams: “Alpn”
  • Võro: “Alpiq”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alpes”
  • Welsh: “Alpau”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալպեան լեռներ”
  • Western Frisian: “Alpen”
  • Western Panjabi: “الپس”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔卑斯山”
  • Xhosa: “IiAlps”
  • Yakut: “Альпа хайалара”
  • Yakut: “Альптар”
  • Yiddish: “אלפן”
  • Yue Chinese: “Alpe”
  • Yue Chinese: “Alpen”
  • Yue Chinese: “Alpes”
  • Yue Chinese: “Alpi”
  • Yue Chinese: “Alps”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿爾卑斯山”
  • “Alpe”
  • “Alpės”
  • “Alpiq”
  • “Èlp”
  • “kulupu nena Alepen”
  • “आल्प्स”

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