Swiss Alps
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| Highest point | Monte Rosa |
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| Country | Switzerland |
| Passes | Pragel Pass |
| Parent range | Alps |
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| ID | 2358544 |
About Swiss Alps
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.
Nicholas Witchell: BBC royal correspondent to retire next year
... In 2005, at a photoshoot in the Swiss Alps, the then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, was heard on mic making disparaging remarks about the journalist, after he had asked a question about his upcoming marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles...
Heatwave: Italy's major cities on red heat alert
... Wildfires are also raging across the continent, including in Greece and the Swiss Alps...
Europe heatwaves: Wildfires rage in Greece as temperatures soar
... 3C in Sicily, fire crews battled blazes in Greece and the Swiss Alps...
Switzerland referendum: Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt
... The government says the country needs to protect its energy security and the environment, as glaciers melt rapidly in the Swiss Alps...
Lake Maggiore boat accident: Questions remain over spy deaths
... on the picturesque and popular lake south of the Swiss Alps...
Weekend avalanches kill 10 in Austria and Switzerland
...By Sarah FowlerBBC NewsTen people have been killed in several avalanches across the Austrian and Swiss Alps over the weekend...
How Margaret Thatcher's secret Brahms phone was invented
... For the Brahms first foreign test by the PM, Mike was given a James Bond style assignment to deliver the device to a castle in the Swiss Alps, where Mrs Thatcher was on holiday...
Switzerland's wolves get too close for comfort
... Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a number of species disappeared from the Swiss Alps: the brown bear, the lynx and the wolf...
