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Mont Blanc Italian: Monte Bianco (4,808.7 m (15,777 ft)) is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Europe west of the Caucasus peaks of Russia and Georgia. It is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence. The mountain stands in a range called the Graian Alps, between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France. more...

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Lower part of the Aletsch glacier with Wannenhorn (3,906 m (12,815 ft)) in the middle and Strahlhorn (3,026 m (9,928 ft)) on the right.

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The following are images from various Alps-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Napoleon passing the Great St Bernard Pass, by Edouard Castres (from History of the Alps)
Image 2The Alps extend in an arc from France in the south and west to Slovenia in the east, and from Monaco in the south to Germany in the north. (from Alps)
Image 3A typical alpine village in the Tuxertal valley of Tyrol, Austria (from Alps)
Image 4Life zones of the Alps (from Climate of the Alps)
Image 5The Mont Blanc massif, the highest range of the Alps (from Alps)
Image 6Preserved internal alpine forest and meadow, Vanoise National Park (from Alps)
Image 7The Sphinx Tunnel connecting Jungfraujoch railway station to the Sphinx Observatory, through a glacier at the Jungfraujoch (from Alps)
Image 8Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) (from Alps)
Image 9Zentralbahn Interregio train following the Lake Brienz shoreline, near Niederried in Switzerland (from Alps)
Image 10The Nazis hid looted art in salt mines at Altaussee, such as the Early Netherlandish Ghent Altarpiece which sustained significant damage. (from Alps)
Image 11Young alpine ibex. When fully grown the horns of this male will be about one metre wide. (from Alps)
Image 12Eurasian Plate (from Alpine orogeny)
Image 13Painted view of Theodul Pass (3,295 m) around 1800. (from High Alps)
Image 14Louis Agassiz's studies of the Unteraar Glacier in the 1840s showed that it moved at 100 m (328 ft) per year. (from Alps)
Image 15The ski resort in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto, Italy (from History of the Alps)
Image 16Teufelsbrücke (Devil's Bridge) on the route to the St Gotthard Pass; the currently used bridge from 1958 over the first drivable bridge from 1830 (from Alps)
Image 17Berchtesgaden National Park in Bavaria (from History of the Alps)
Image 18An "Alp" refers to a high elevation pasture frequented only in summer. It often includes several huts and small places of worship (here the Alpe Bardughè in Ticino). (from Alps)
Image 19Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich (from Alps)
Image 20In the summers the cows are brought up to the high mountain meadows for grazing. Small summer villages such as the one shown in this photograph taken in Savoy are used. (from Alps)
Image 21The alpine Apollo butterfly has adapted to alpine conditions. (from Alps)
Image 22This illustration of the glacier systems of the Mont Blanc massif by Alexander Keith Johnston was first published 1848 in The Physical Atlas. (from Alps)
Image 23Napoleon passing the Great St Bernard Pass, by Edouard Castres (from Alps)
Image 24Alpine chalet being built in Haute-Maurienne (Savoy). The use of thick pieces of orthogneiss (4–7 cm) is by the strict architectural regulations in the region bordering the national parks of Vanoise-Grand Paradis. (from Alps)
Image 25Petroglyphs, Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, Italy, which was recognised by UNESCO in 1979 and was Italy's first recognised World Heritage Site (from Alps)
Image 26Habsburg Castle, Switzerland (from History of the Alps)
Image 27Compressed metamorphosed Tethyan sediments and their oceanic basement are sandwiched between the tip of the Matterhorn (Italian-Swiss border), which consists of gneisses originally part of the African plate, and the base of the peak, which is part of the Eurasian plate. (from Alps)
Image 28Petroglyphs, Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, Italy, which was recognized by UNESCO in 1979 and was Italy's first recognized World Heritage Site (from History of the Alps)
Image 29Horace Bénédict de Saussure shown in, Descent from Mont-Blanc, by Christian von Mechel (from Alps)
Image 30The geologic folding seen at the Arpenaz waterfall, shown here in a mid-18th-century drawing, was noted by 18th-century geologists. (from Alps)
Image 31Herding sheep in Austria (from Alps)
Image 32The Eiger (shown along with the Mönch and the Jungfrau) has the tallest north face in the Alps. (from Alps)
Image 33The Aletsch Glacier with pine trees growing on the hillside (2007; the surface is 180 m (590 ft) lower than 150 years ago; and even 20 m (66 ft) lower ten years later!) (from Alps)
Image 34Tectonic map of southern Europe and the Middle East, showing tectonic structures of the western Alpide mountain belt (from Alpine orogeny)
Image 35The Alps seen from space (from Geography of the Alps)
Image 36Reconstruction of Ötzi mummy as shown in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. The original mummy and his remains and personal belongings are on exhibit at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. (from History of the Alps)
Image 37Karl Schranz running the Lauberhorn in 1966 (from Alps)
Image 38Chamonix, The Monument of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Jacques Balmat, in honor of their climb of Mont Blanc (from History of the Alps)
Image 39Suvorov crossing the Alps, by Vasily Surikov (from History of the Alps)
Image 40Mont Blanc massif (from History of the Alps)
Image 41A typical alpine village in the Tuxertal valley of Tyrol, Austria (from History of the Alps)
Image 42Stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis) (from Alps)
Image 43Southern pre-alpine lakes like Lake Garda are characterised by warmer microclimates than the surrounding areas. (from Alps)
Image 44Teufelsbrücke (Devil's Bridge) on the route to the Gotthard Pass; the currently used bridge from 1958 over the first drivable bridge from 1830 (from History of the Alps)
Image 45Reconstruction of Ötzi mummy as shown in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. The original mummy and his remains and personal belongings are on exhibit at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. (from Alps)
Image 46Hallstatt is known for its production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times (Hallstatt culture) (from Alps)