
The Grison Alps are the
mountains of the
Graubünden canton of
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
(Grisons being the English name for the Graubünden region). There are many significant peaks in the Grison Alps, including the
Tödi (3,614 m) and the highest peak,
Piz Bernina (4,049 m). Many of the mountain ranges feature extensive glaciers, such as at the
Adula, the
Albula Albula may refer to:
Places
*Albula, an old (possibly legendary) name of the Tiber river
Switzerland
*Albula Range, a mountain range
*Albula (river), a tributary of the Hinterrhein
*Albula District, a district in canton Graubünden until 2017
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, the
Silvretta, the
Bernnina or the
Rätikon range. The Grison Alps include parts of both the
Eastern Alps and the
Western Alps. The Eastern Alps located in Graubünden are the
Rhaetian Alps, which is part to the
Central Eastern Alps.
The Rhaetian Alps consists of the following mountain ranges:
Samnaun Alps
The Samnaun Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, named after the Swiss municipality of Samnaun. They are located at the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Graubünden canton of Switzerland.
The Samnaun Alps are separ ...
,
Rätikon,
Silvretta,
Sesvenna Range,
Albula Range
The Albula Alps are a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps, more specifically the Western Rhaetian Alps. They are named after the river Albula. According to AVE (see map), ...
,
Plessur Range,
Oberhalbstein Range,
Livigno Range,
Bregaglia Range
The Bregaglia Range (commonly the Bregaglia) is a small group of mostly granite mountains in Graubünden, Switzerland and the Province of Sondrio, northern Italy. It derives its name from the partly Swiss, partly Italian valley, the ''Val Brega ...
and the
Bernina Range. The Western Alps located in Graubünden, include portions of the
Lepontine Alps and the
Glarus Alps.
References
Mountain ranges of the Alps
Mountain ranges of Graubünden
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