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The glaciers of the Swiss Alps cover an area of 1,220 square kilometres (470 sq mi) — 3% of the Swiss territory, representing 44% of the total glaciated area in the Alps i.e. 2,800 square kilometres (1,100 sq mi). The Swiss Alps are situated south of the Swiss Plateau and north of the national border.
Heidi, Girl of the Alps (Japanese: アルプスの少女ハイジ, Hepburn: Arupusu no Shōjo Haiji) is an animated television series produced by Zuiyo Eizo and the series itself based on the novel Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning by Johanna Spyri (1880).
Alps Story: My Annette (アルプス物語 わたしのアンネット, Arupusu Monogatari Watashi no Annetto) is a 1983 anime series by Nippon Animation. 48 episodes aired on Fuji TV. [ 1 ] It is based on the children's book Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John and set in the Swiss mountain village of Rossinière .
They are generally situated in the Jura Mountains or in the Swiss Alps. Passes above 1200 m: Passes below 1200 m: Pass roads. Pass Roads Name Canton(s)/Country
This is a list of buildings and infrastructures above 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) in Switzerland. As this height approximately corresponds to the level of the climatic snow line in the Alps , infrastructures located above it are generally subject to harsh weather conditions and are more difficult to build.
The two main mountain ranges are the Alps (south and east) and the Jura (north and west), separated by the Swiss Plateau which also includes a large number of hills. Topographically, the three most important summits of Switzerland are those of Monte Rosa (most elevated), the Finsteraarhorn (most prominent) and Piz Bernina (most isolated).
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation defines a summit in the Alps as independent, if the connecting ridge between it and a higher summit drops at least 30 m (a prominence/drop of 30 m, with the lowest point referred to as the "key col"). Over 3300 such summits are exceeding 2500 m in Switzerland alone. [1]
1 Switzerland. 2 Italy. 3 Germany. 4 Austria. 5 Slovenia. 6 France. Toggle the table of contents. ... Limestone Alps National Park (Nationalpark Kalkalpen) (1997)