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Verwall Alps

Range of the Alps in Tyrol and Vorarlberg, Austria

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The Verwall Alps or Verwall Group are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps at the border of the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg.

It includes the following peaks (sorted by height):

  • Hoher Riffler 3,168 metres (10,394 feet)
  • Kuchenspitze 3,148 metres (10,401 feet)
  • Küchlspitze 3,147 metres (10,315 feet)
  • Seeköpfe 3068 m
  • Patteriol 3,059 metres (10,037 feet)
  • Saumspitze 3,039 metres (9,970 feet)
  • Fatlarspitze 2986 m
  • Scheibler 2,978 metres (9,770 feet)
  • Karköpfe 2948 m
  • Vollandspitze 2928 m
  • Pflunspitze 2912 m
  • Kaltenberg 2900/2896 m
  • Gaisspitze 2,779 metres (9,117 feet)

For a list of passes, see Passes of the Silvretta and Rätikon Ranges

The Verwall Alps border on the Silvretta Alps in the west and on the Samnaun Alps in the south.

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