Pennine Alps

Pen·nine Alps

(pĕn′īn′)

A range of the Alps extending southwest to northeast along the Swiss-Italian border from Great St. Bernard Pass to Simplon Pass. It rises to 4,634 m (15,203 ft) at Monte Rosa.

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Pennine Alps

(ˈpɛnaɪn)

pl n

(Placename) a range of the Alps between Switzerland and Italy. Highest peak: Monte Rosa, 4634 m (15 204 ft)

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Pen′nine Alps′

(ˈpɛn aɪn)
n.pl.

a mountain range on the border between Switzerland and Italy: part of the Alps. Highest peak, Monte Rosa, 15,217 ft. (4640 m).

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Otemma Glacier's eponymous geological reference is located in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Julie Speidel: WINSTON WACHTER FINE ART

Located only three kilometres east of Zermatt is Gornergrat - a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway, the highest open-air railway in Europe that lies roughly 3000 metres above sea level.

The Swiss Life

Ten minutes out of Malpensa, a truly magic vision rewards the passenger who hasn't been distracted by electronic gadgets: an overview of the Pennine Alps, a subgroup within the larger chain that contains possibly the most beautiful mountains in the world.