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Northern Alps

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Finsteraarhorn (4274 m/14,022 ft)
Countries	Germany (51%), Switzerland (33%), Austria (16%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Bavaria (45%), Tirol (9%), Bern (8%), Baden-Württemberg (6%), Vorarlberg (4%), Sankt Gallen (3%), Salzburg (3%), Zürich (2%), Fribourg (2%), Vaud (2%), Graubünden (2%), Lucerne (2%), Valais (2%), Uri (1%), Aargau (1%), Schwyz (1%), Thurgau (1%), Glarus (1%), Obwalden (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	68,841 sq km / 26,579 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	322 km / 200 mi North-South 520 km / 323 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	47° 34' N; 9° 58' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northern Alps
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Northern Alps.

Alps	Level 2 (Parent)
Western Alps	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northern Alps	Level 3
Berner Oberland	Level 4 (Child)
Urner Alps	Level 4 (Child)
Glarus Alps	Level 4 (Child)
Saint Gallen Alps	Level 4 (Child)
Western Austria Alps	Level 4 (Child)
Bavarian Alps	Level 4 (Child)
Kitzbuhel	Level 4 (Child)
Southern Alps	Level 3 (Sibling)
Eastern Alps	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northern Alps

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Finsteraarhorn	4274	14,022	Berner Oberland
2.	Aletschhorn	4193	13,757	Berner Oberland
3.	Jungfrau	4158	13,642	Berner Oberland
4.	Mönch	4107	13,474	Berner Oberland
5.	Schreckhorn	4078	13,379	Berner Oberland
6.	Gross-Fiescherhorn	4049	13,284	Berner Oberland
7.	Gross-Grünhorn	4044	13,268	Berner Oberland
8.	Lauteraarhorn	4042	13,261	Berner Oberland
9.	Hinter-Fiescherhorn	4025	13,205	Berner Oberland
10.	Gletscherhorn	3983	13,068	Berner Oberland
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Finsteraarhorn	4274	14,022	Berner Oberland
2.	Dammastock	3630	11,909	Urner Alps
3.	Tödi	3614	11,857	Glarus Alps
4.	Piz Linard	3410	11,188	Western Austria Alps
5.	Zugspitze	2962	9718	Bavarian Alps
6.	Hochkönig	2941	9649	Kitzbuhel
7.	Säntis	2502	8209	Saint Gallen Alps

Photos of Peaks in the Northern Alps

Aletschhorn: The Aletschhorn dominates the view south from the Monch.

Jungfrau: The Jungfrau rises above the Jungfraujoch railway station area. View from the Monch.

Mönch: The Monch is an easy climb from the Jungfraujoch railway terminal.

Eiger: The foreboding Eiger Nordwand towers over Kleine Scheidegg.

Zugspitze: In 1993 the summit area of the Zugspitze was a mess of construction.

Grauspitze: The Grauspitze (left) and the Schwartzhorn are the highest and second highest summits in the tiny principality of Liechtenstein.

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