Graian Alps
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Gran Paradiso by Lake Rosset
The Graian are a mountain range in the Western Alps. Proportion have Italy with the regions of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta and France, the Rhône-Alpes region. The Graian located in the southern part of the western Alps. The highest mountain which is undisputed in the Graian, the Gran Paradiso, 4061 m. The mountain range of Graian has compared, for example, with many mountain ranges of the Eastern Alps, huge proportions. The exact boundary of the mountains, especially of the French part is not handled internationally uniform. According to this classification and according to the new proposal, the SOIUSA the Mont Blanc mountain range is one of the Graian.
Geography
The Graian were, as well as the Roman province Alpes Graiae, after the Little St. Bernard named, whose Roman name was Alpis Graia. South of the Dora Riparia is followed by the Cozie Alps. In the north the Graian are limited by the Aosta Valley; in the north- west are the Savoy Alps.
The size of the area requires a subdivision into seven subgroups. These are the Emilius, the Paradiso Group, which Ciamarella Group, Charbonnel - group Sassiere group, the Rutor group and the Vanoise Massif. In the Graian there are three areas with a greater glaciation: the Vanoise, the environment of the Gran Paradiso and the chain of Rutor and Sassiere group. But the mountain does not only offer the mountaineers but also hikers countless possibilities. It is also known Rocciamelone, which dominates the valley at Susa in southern Graian and is with 3538 m as the supreme pilgrimage site in Europe.
National Parks
In the Graian located on both the Italian and the French side ever a well known National Park, the Gran Paradiso National Park in Italy and the Vanoise National Park in France. The two national parks bordering part, directly adjacent to each other, and the park is functioning as part of a cross-border partnership program closely. Together, the two parks cover an area of approximately 2713 km ² ( core and outer zone according to IUCN categories II and V).
Significant peaks
The following belong to the summit of Mont Blanc group:
- Mont Blanc / Monte Bianco ( 4,810 m)
- Mont Blanc de Courmayeur ( 4,748 m)
- Mont Maudit ( 4,465 m)
- Dôme du Goûter ( 4,304 m)
- Mont Blanc du Tacul ( 4,248 m)
- Grandes Jorasses ( 4208 m)
- Aiguille Verte ( 4,122 m)
- Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey ( 4,112 m)
- Aiguille de Bionnassay ( 4,052 m)
- Dôme de Rochefort ( 4,015 m)
- Dent du Géant / Dente del Gigante ( 4,013 m)
The following peaks are undoubtedly one of the Graian:
- Gran Paradiso, 4,061 m
- Grivola, 3,969 m
- Grande Casse, 3,855 m
- Mont Pourri, 3,779 m
- Pointe de Charbonnel, 3,760 m
- Aiguille de la Grande Sassière, 3,747 m
- Dent Parrachée, 3,697 m
- Uia di Ciamarella, 3,676 m
- Grande Motte, 3,653 m
- Pointe de Ronce, 3,618 m
- Uia di Bessanese, 3,604 m
- La Tsanteleina, 3,602 m
- Monte Emilius, 3,559 m
- Rocciamelone, 3,538 m