• the Alps
  Alps
  The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
  
   north of the Periadriatic Seam
  Periadriatic Seam
  The Periadriatic Seam is a distinct geologic fault in Southern Europe, running S-shaped about 1000 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea through the whole Southern Alps as far as Hungary. It forms the division between the Adriatic plate and the European plate...
  
  
• the Alps north of the Main chain of the Alps
  Main chain of the Alps
  The Alpine divide is the central line of mountains that forms the water divide of the range. Main chains of mountain ranges are traditionally designated in this way, and generally include the highest peaks of a range; the Alps are something of an unusual case in that several significant groups of...
  
  
  • Glarus Alps
    Glarus Alps
    The Glarus Alps are a mountain range in central Switzerland. They extend from the Oberalp Pass to the Klausen Pass, and are bordered by the Urner Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south and the Appenzell Alps to the northeast...
    
    
  • Appenzell Alps
    Appenzell Alps
    The Appenzell Alps are a mountain range in Switzerland on the northern edge of the Alps. They extend into the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and St...
    
    
  • Northern Limestone Alps
    Northern Limestone Alps
    The Northern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition...
    
    
• Hida Mountains
  Hida Mountains
  The , or , is a Japanese mountain range which stretches through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures. A small portion of the mountains also reach into Niigata Prefecture. William Gowland coined the phrase "Japanese Alps" during his time in Japan, but he was only referring to the Hida Mountains when...
  
  , Japan

See also

• Geography of the Alps
  Geography of the Alps
  The Alps cover a large area. This article describes the delimitation of the Alps as a whole and of subdivisions of the range, follows the course of the main chain of the Alps and discusses the lakes and glaciers found in the region....
  
  
• Southern Alps (disambiguation)
  Southern Alps (disambiguation)
  Southern Alps may refer to:* Southern Alps , a geological subdivision of the European Alps**Southern Limestone Alps**Maritime Alps**Ligurian Alps, also known as the Akaishi Mountains, in Japan...
  
  
• Eastern Alps
  Eastern Alps
  Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of the Splügen Pass in eastern Switzerland. North of the Splügen Pass, the Posterior Rhine forms the border, and south of the pass, the Liro river and Lake Como form the boundary line.-Geography:The...
  
  
• Western Alps
• Central Alps
• Prealps