Swiss Alps
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The Swiss Alps are the central portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland.
Regions
- Bernese Alps
- with chief peaks and moutain passes from Lake Geneva to the Furka, the Reuss Valley and Lake Lucerne;
- Lepontine Alps
- from the Simplon to the Splügen and south of the Furka and Oberalp Passes; from the St Gotthard Pass to the Splugen, is sometimes named the Adula Alps;
- Tödi Range
- from the Oberalp Pass to the Klausen Pass;
- Albula Range
- from the Splügen Pass to the Flüela Pass, north and west of the Val Bregaglia and of the Engadine;
- Silvretta and Rätikon Ranges
- from the Flüela Pass to the Reschen Scheideck and the Arlberg Pass;
- Pennine Alps
- from the Little St Bernard to the Simplon Pass.
- North-Eastern Swiss Alps
- north of the Klausen Pass.
- Bernina Range
- Livigno Range
- Sesvenna Range
- Samnaun Alps
- Oberhalbstein Range