Swiss Alps
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
The Swiss Alps (German: Schweizer Alpen, Fraunch: Alpes suisses, Italian: Alpi svizzere, Rumanc: Alps svizras) is the pairt o the Alps muntain range that lies within Swisserland. Acause o thair middlins locus in the hail Alpine range, thay are kent as the Middlins Alps.
The heichest heid o the Swiss Alps is the Dufourspitze (4,634 metres (15,202 ft)) nawr the Swiss-Italian mairch. The heichest muntain that aw lies on Swiss launds is the Dom (4,545 metres (14,911 ft)). Ither heidie heids can be fund in the list o muntains in Swisserland.
Sin the middlins speals, farin ower the Alps hean a heidie haundlin in history. The aurie noorth o the St. Gotthard Pass becam the steid of the Auld Swiss Confederacy in 1291.
 |
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Alps of Switzerland. |
 | This Swisserland-relatit airticle is a stub. Ye can help Wikipaedia bi expandin it. |
Remove ads
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads