The Alps are a mountain system located in south-central Europe, to the immediate north of the Mediterranean Sea. They extend for almost 700 miles in a crescent shape from the coastline of southern France (near Monaco) into Switzerland, then through northern Italy and into Austria, and down through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro - then ending in Albania on the rugged coastline of the Adriatic Sea.
The highest point is Mont Blanc at 15,771 ft. (4,807m). The mountains were formed over hundreds of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided.
| Mountain pass | Country | Elevation | From | To |
| Cime de la Bonette | F | 2802m | Jausiers | St.-Étienne-de-Tinée |
| Col de l'Iseran | F | 2770m | Val d'Isere | Lanslebourg |
| Passo dello Stelvio | I | 2757m | Schluderns/Sluderno | Bormio |
| Colle dell'Agnello | F/I | 2746m | Molines-En-Queyras | Chianale |
| Col de la Bonette | F | 2715m | Jausiers | St.-Étienne-de-Tinée |
| Col de Restefond | F | 2692m | Jausiers | St.-Étienne-de-Tinée |
| Faux Col de Restefond | F | 2656m | Jausiers | St.-Étienne-de-Tinée |
| Col de Parpaillon | F | 2645m | Condamine Châtelard | Embrun |
| Passo di Gavia | I | 2627m | Bórmio | Ponte di Legno |
| Col du Galibier | F | 2556m | Valloire | Col du Lautaret |
| Umbrailpass | CH/I | 2506m | Santa Maria | Bormio |
| Großglocknerstraße | A | 2505m | Bruck/Glocknerstraße | Heiligenblut |
| Timmelsjoch | A/I | 2479m | Obergurgl | St. Leonhard/Passeiertal |
| Colle dei Morti | I | 2480m | Colle Valcavera | Colle d'Esischie |
| Nufenenpass | CH | 2478m | Airolo | Ulrichen |
| Grand St. Bernard | CH/I | 2469m | Martigny | Aosta |
| Col de la Moutière | F | 2454m | Jausiers | St-Étienne-de-Tinée |
| Nockalmhöhenstraße | A | 2440m | Innerkrems | Ebene Reichenau |
| Furkapass | CH | 2431m | Hospental | Ulrichen |
