Bernina Range

The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Rhaetian Alps within the Central Eastern Alps. It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers. Piz Bernina (4,049 m (13,284 ft)), its highest peak, is the most easterly four-thousand-metre peak in the Alps. The peak in the range which sees the most ascents is Piz Palü.

Bernina Range
The main summits of the Bernina range above the Morteratsch Glacier
Highest point
Peak	Piz Bernina
Elevation	4,049 m (13,284 ft)[1]
Listing	Mountain ranges
Coordinates	46°37′N 09°52′E / 46.617°N 9.867°E / 46.617; 9.867
Geography
Location of the Bernina Alps The borders of the range according to Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps
Countries	Switzerland and Italy
Range coordinates	46°22.8′N 9°54.6′E / 46.3800°N 9.9100°E / 46.3800; 9.9100
Parent range	Western Limestone Alps
Borders on	Albula Range, Livigno Range, Bergamo Alps and Bregaglia Range

The Bernina Range is separated from the Albula Range in the north-west by the Maloja Pass and the Upper Engadin valley; from the Livigno Range in the east by the Bernina Pass; from the Bergamo Alps in the south by the Adda valley (Valtellina); and from the Bregaglia Range in the south-west by the Muretto Pass. The Bernina Range is drained by the rivers Adda, Inn andMaira (Mera in Italy).

The term Bernina Alps can also be used in an extended sense to include both the Bernina and Bregaglia ranges; this is the area coloured red on the map (right) and labelled 'Bernina Alpen'.