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Maritime Alps

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Argentera (3297 m/10,817 ft)
Countries	France (84%), Italy (16%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (84%), Piedmont (9%), Liguria (7%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	23,547 sq km / 9,092 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	245 km / 152 mi North-South 334 km / 208 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	43° 46' N; 6° 30' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Maritime Alps
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Western Alps	Level 3 (Parent)
Maritime Alps	Level 4
Dauphine Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Cottian Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Savoy Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Graian Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Maritime Alps

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Argentera	3297	10,817
2.	Cime du Gélas	3143	10,312
3.	Cima di Nasta	3108	10,197
4.	Monte Matto	3097	10,161
5.	Cime de la Malédie	3059	10,036
6.	Cima di Brocan	3054	10,020
7.	Mont Pelat	3051	10,010
8.	Mont Clapier	3045	9990
9.	Tête de Siguret	3032	9948
10.	Mont Ténibre	3031	9944
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Maritime Alps

Argentera summer 2005 (2005-07-00). Photo by Stephan Tillmanns. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cime du Gélas Cime du Gelas from East (2019-09-03). Photo by Sergii Shyltsyn. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mont Pelat Mont Pelat from the trail (2008-09-18). Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.	Punta Marguareis Punta Marguareis from Cime de Pertegue (Ligurian Alps) (2017-10-25). Photo by Filippo Ceragioli. Click here for larger-size photo.
Monte Saccarello Monte Saccarello (Ligurian Alps, French/Italian border) (2015-06-11). Photo by Filippo Ceragioli. Click here for larger-size photo.	Montagne de Cordeil The bulky summit of Montagne de Cordeil as seen from the col to Petit Cordeil (2021-09-13). Photo by Jörn Fiege. Click here for larger-size photo.
Monte Armetta Monta Armetta (Ligurian Prealps): summit cairn (2014-06-30). Photo by Filippo Ceragioli. Click here for larger-size photo.	Monte Galero Monte Galero (Ligurian Prealps)as seen from its subsummit, Monte Galerotto (2014-06-30). Photo by Filippo Ceragioli. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mont Vial The impressive south face of Mont Vial (2022-12-11). Photo by Alfred E Neuman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Monte Grammondo Monte Grammondo from Monte Pozzo (2018-07-15). Photo by Filippo Ceragioli. Click here for larger-size photo.

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