The European Alps from space,
as seen in May 2002.
Click on the picture itself for a large annotated version

• Position and name of the Alps
• Limits of the Alps
• Climate of the Alps
  • Olive Region of the Alps
  • Vine Region of the Alps
  • Mountain Region of the Alps
  • Subalpine Region of the Alps
  • Alpine Region of the Alps
  • Glacial Region of the Alps
• Main chain of the Alps
• Principal passes of the Alps
• Political history and modern state of the inhabitants of the Alps
• Exploration of the High Alps
• Geology of the Alps
• Peaks and passes of the Alps

Western Alps

Maritime Alps - Cottian Alps - Dauphine Alps - Graian Alps - Pennine Alps

Central Alps

Bernese Oberland - Lepontine Alps - Todi Range - Swiss Alps - Bernina Alps - Albula Range - Silvretta and Rhatikon Ranges

Eastern Alps

The Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg, and Salzburg - Tirolean Alps - Ortler, Oetzthal and Stubai Ranges - Lombard Alps - Dolomites - South-Eastern Alps

Originally based on content from an old encyclopedia. Update as needed.

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The Alps are a range of mountains located within the Moon's Mare Imbrium, formed in the impact that created the Imbrium Basin.

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