The Chablais Alps (, ) are a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...
in the
Western Alps. They are situated between
Lake Geneva
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and the
Mont Blanc Massif.
The
Col des Montets separates them from the
Mont Blanc Massif in the south, and the
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before dischargi ...
valley separates them from the
Bernese Alps
The Bernese Alps are a mountain range of the Alps located in western Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Va ...
in the east.
The Chablais Alps are composed of two distinct parts separated by the
Val d'Illiez: the
Dents du Midi massif on the south which contains the highest peaks, and the
alpine foothills
The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (; ; ; ), may refer generally to any foothills at the base of the Alps in Europe. They are the transition zone between the High Alps and the Swiss Plateau and the Bavarian Alpine Foreland in the north, as well as ...
on the north.
Peaks
The peaks of the Chablais Alps include:
Lakefront.PNG, The Rhône valley on the right and the east part of the Chablais Alps on the left from across Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () ...
DentJaune.jpg, Summits of the Dents du Midi
Barme.jpg, Above Champéry
Champéry (; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Monthey (district), Monthey in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
Champéry is first mentioned in 1286 as ''Champery''.
The Ho ...
TourSallière.jpg, Tour Sallière
LacdeSalanfe.jpg, Lac de Salanfe
See also
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Swiss Alps
The Alps, 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 Physica ...
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French Alps
The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such a ...
References
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Mountain ranges of the Alps
Mountain ranges of Switzerland
Mountain ranges of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mountains of Valais
Swiss Alps