Dauphiné Alps

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Dauphiné Alps ( The Meije with the Grand Pic)

The Dauphiné Alps are part of the Western Alps in France, the mountainous part of the Dauphiné region.

Upstream of the west are the foothills trains Vercors and Chartreuse. In the north the Dauphiné Alps from the Savoy Alps are bounded in the east by the Graian and to the southeast of the Cozie Alps. For the central glaciated high alpine mountain range to the mountain ranges of Barre des Ecrins, Meije, Ailefroide and Mont Pelvoux also the collective name Pelvoux is in use.

Its highest peak is the Barre des Ecrins, at the same time of the southernmost four peaks in the Alps.

The principal summits of the major mountain ranges of the skin Dauphiné are:

• Barre des Ecrins, 4,102 m
• Meije, 3,983 m
• L' Ailefroide, 3,954 m
• Mont Pelvoux, 3,946 m
• Pic sans Nom, 3,914 m
• Le Rateau, 3,809 m
• La Grande Ruin, 3,765 m
• Roche Faurio, 3,730 m
• Les Bans, 3,669 m
• Les Agneaux, 3,664 m
• Aiguille du plat de la Selle ( Soreiller group), 3,597 m
• Les Rouies, 3,589 m
• Olan, 3,564 m
• Pic of Arcas, 3,479 m
• Roche de la Muzelle, 3,465 m
• Le Sirac, 3,440 m
• Aiguille des Arias, 3,403 m
• Mont Gioberney, 3,351 m
• Tête de Vautisse, 3,156 m

More:

• Grande Autane, 2,782 m
• Le Piolit, 2,464 m

• Mountains in Europe
• Mountains in France
• Group of mountains (Alps)
• High mountains