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The Cottian Alps (French: Alpes Cottiennes; Italian: Alpi Cozie) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for 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....
. They form the border between France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes is a departments of France in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range....
 and Savoie
Savoie

Savoie is a France departments of France located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France in the French Alps.It is one of the two departments of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on March 24, 1860 after the Treaty of Turin, the other being Haute-Savoie....
) and Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 (Piedmont
Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
). The Maddalena Pass
Maddalena Pass

The Maddalena Pass is a high mountain pass between the Cottian Alps and the Maritime Alps, located on the border between Italy and France. It connects Barcelonnette in France with Cuneo in Italy....
 separates them from the Maritime Alps
Maritime Alps

The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between the France d?partement in France Alpes-Maritimes and the Italy province of Cuneo....
; the Col du Mont Cenis
Mont Cenis

Mont Cenis is a massif and mountain pass in Savoie in France which forms the limit between the Cottian Alps and Graian Alps.A road was built across it between 1803 and 1810 by Napoleon I of France, while Fell mountain railway system was opened alongside the road in 1868, but was destroyed in 1871, on the opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel...
 separates them from the Graian Alps
Graian Alps

The Graian Alps are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in France , Italy , and Switzerland . The Col des Montets separates them from the Chablais Alps; the Col Ferret and the Dora Baltea valley separate them from the Pennine Alps; the Col du Mont Cenis separates them from the Cottian Alps; the Arc valley sepa...
; the Col du Galibier
Col du Galibier

Col du Galibier is a mountain pass in the southern region of the France Dauphin? Alps near Grenoble. It is often the highest point of the Tour de France....
 separates them from the Dauphiné Alps
Dauphiné Alps

The Dauphin? Alps are a group of mountain ranges in southeastern France, west of the main chain of the Alps. They are separated from the Cottian Alps in the east by the Col du Galibier and the upper Durance valley; from the western Graian Alps in the north-east by the river Arc ; from the lower ranges Vercors Plateau and Chartreuse Mountain...
. The Fréjus Road Tunnel
Fréjus Road Tunnel

The Fr?jus Road Tunnel connects Modane, France with Bardonecchia, Italy under the Col du Fr?jus in the Cottian Alps.The tunnel is 13 kilometers long....
 and Fréjus Rail Tunnel
Fréjus Rail Tunnel

The Fr?jus Rail Tunnel is a railroad tunnel of 13.7 km length in the European Alps, carrying the Fr?jus railway through Mount Cenis and connecting Modane, France and Bardonecchia, Italy....
 between Modane
Modane

Modane is a commune in France of the Savoie D?partements of France in France.It was part ot the Kingdom of Sardinia until 1861....
 and Susa
Susa, Italy

Susa is a city in Piedmont , Italy. It is situated on a tributary of the Po River, at the foot of the Cottian Alps, 51 km west of Turin....
 are important transportation arteries between France (Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
, Grenoble
Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac River joins the Is?re River.Located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France, Grenoble is the capital of the Departments of France of Is?re....
) and Italy (Turin
Turín

Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....
).

The Cottian Alps are drained by the rivers Durance
Durance

The Durance is a river in south-eastern France.Its source is in the south-western Alps, in the ski resort of Montgen?vre near Brian?on. The main tributaries of the Durance are the rivers Bl?one and Verdon River....
 and Arc
Arc (Savoie)

The Arc is a 128 km long river in the Savoie d?partement of south-eastern France. It is a left tributary of the Is?re River, which it joins at Chamousset, Savoie, approximately 15 km downstream from Albertville....
 and their tributaries on the French side; by the Dora Riparia
Dora Riparia

The Dora Riparia is an Italy river, a left-hand tributary of the Po River. It is 125 km long, with a 1,231 km? drainage basin. It originates in the Cottian Alps, close to the Col de Montgen?vre in France, where it is called the Piccola Dora....
 and other tributaries of the Po
Po River

The Po is a river that flows 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km? and is the longest river in Italy....
 on the Italian side.








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The Cottian Alps (French: Alpes Cottiennes; Italian: Alpi Cozie) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for 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....
. They form the border between France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes is a departments of France in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range....
 and Savoie
Savoie

Savoie is a France departments of France located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France in the French Alps.It is one of the two departments of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on March 24, 1860 after the Treaty of Turin, the other being Haute-Savoie....
) and Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 (Piedmont
Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
). The Maddalena Pass
Maddalena Pass

The Maddalena Pass is a high mountain pass between the Cottian Alps and the Maritime Alps, located on the border between Italy and France. It connects Barcelonnette in France with Cuneo in Italy....
 separates them from the Maritime Alps
Maritime Alps

The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between the France d?partement in France Alpes-Maritimes and the Italy province of Cuneo....
; the Col du Mont Cenis
Mont Cenis

Mont Cenis is a massif and mountain pass in Savoie in France which forms the limit between the Cottian Alps and Graian Alps.A road was built across it between 1803 and 1810 by Napoleon I of France, while Fell mountain railway system was opened alongside the road in 1868, but was destroyed in 1871, on the opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel...
 separates them from the Graian Alps
Graian Alps

The Graian Alps are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in France , Italy , and Switzerland . The Col des Montets separates them from the Chablais Alps; the Col Ferret and the Dora Baltea valley separate them from the Pennine Alps; the Col du Mont Cenis separates them from the Cottian Alps; the Arc valley sepa...
; the Col du Galibier
Col du Galibier

Col du Galibier is a mountain pass in the southern region of the France Dauphin? Alps near Grenoble. It is often the highest point of the Tour de France....
 separates them from the Dauphiné Alps
Dauphiné Alps

The Dauphin? Alps are a group of mountain ranges in southeastern France, west of the main chain of the Alps. They are separated from the Cottian Alps in the east by the Col du Galibier and the upper Durance valley; from the western Graian Alps in the north-east by the river Arc ; from the lower ranges Vercors Plateau and Chartreuse Mountain...
. The Fréjus Road Tunnel
Fréjus Road Tunnel

The Fr?jus Road Tunnel connects Modane, France with Bardonecchia, Italy under the Col du Fr?jus in the Cottian Alps.The tunnel is 13 kilometers long....
 and Fréjus Rail Tunnel
Fréjus Rail Tunnel

The Fr?jus Rail Tunnel is a railroad tunnel of 13.7 km length in the European Alps, carrying the Fr?jus railway through Mount Cenis and connecting Modane, France and Bardonecchia, Italy....
 between Modane
Modane

Modane is a commune in France of the Savoie D?partements of France in France.It was part ot the Kingdom of Sardinia until 1861....
 and Susa
Susa, Italy

Susa is a city in Piedmont , Italy. It is situated on a tributary of the Po River, at the foot of the Cottian Alps, 51 km west of Turin....
 are important transportation arteries between France (Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
, Grenoble
Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac River joins the Is?re River.Located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France, Grenoble is the capital of the Departments of France of Is?re....
) and Italy (Turin
Turín

Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....
).

The Cottian Alps are drained by the rivers Durance
Durance

The Durance is a river in south-eastern France.Its source is in the south-western Alps, in the ski resort of Montgen?vre near Brian?on. The main tributaries of the Durance are the rivers Bl?one and Verdon River....
 and Arc
Arc (Savoie)

The Arc is a 128 km long river in the Savoie d?partement of south-eastern France. It is a left tributary of the Is?re River, which it joins at Chamousset, Savoie, approximately 15 km downstream from Albertville....
 and their tributaries on the French side; by the Dora Riparia
Dora Riparia

The Dora Riparia is an Italy river, a left-hand tributary of the Po River. It is 125 km long, with a 1,231 km? drainage basin. It originates in the Cottian Alps, close to the Col de Montgen?vre in France, where it is called the Piccola Dora....
 and other tributaries of the Po
Po River

The Po is a river that flows 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km? and is the longest river in Italy....
 on the Italian side.

Peaks


The chief peaks of the Cottian Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for 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....
 are:
PeakElevation (m/ft)
Monte Viso
Monte Viso

Monte Viso, colloquially known as Monviso , is a mountain in the Cottian Alps in Italy close to the French border. Monte Viso is well known for its pyramid-like shape and since it surmounts all its neighbouring peaks by at least about 500 m it can be seen from far away, from the Piedmontese plateau and the Langhe....
 3841 12,609
Viso di Vallante 3672 12,048
Aiguille de Scolette 3505 11,500
Aiguille de Chambeyron 3412 11,155
Bric de Chambeyron 3388 11,116
Pic de la Font Sancte 3387 11,112
Rognosa d'Etiache 3385 11,106
Dents d'Ambin 3382 11,096
Punta Ferrand 3364 11,037
Visolotto 3353 11,001
Bric de Rubren 3340 10,958
Rochebrune 3324 10,906
Punta Sommeiller 3321 10,896
Bric Froid 3302 10,833
Grand Glaiza 3286 10,781
Rognosa di Sestriere 3279 10,758
Panestrel 3253 10,673
Roche du Grand Galibier 3242 10,637
Peou Roc 3231 10,601
Pic du Pelvat 3218 10,558
Pointe Haute de Mary 3212 10,539
Pain de Sucre 3208 10,526
Mont Thabor 3182 10,440
Pointe des Cerces 3180 10,434
Tete des Toillies 3179 10,430
Monte Granero 3170 10,401
Pic du Thabor 3144 10,316
Mont Chaberton 3135 10,286
Tete de Moyse 3110 10,204
Monte Meidassa 3105 10,187
Pelvo d'Elva 3064 10,053
Rocca Bianca 3059 10,307
Mont Politri 3051 10,009
Monte Albergian 3040 9974
Pic Caramantran 3025 9925
Bric Bouchet 2998 9836
Pointe des Marcelettes 2909 9545
Pic du Malrif 2906 9535
Punta Cournour 2868 9410


Passes

The chief passes
Mountain pass

In a range of hills, or especially of mountain range, a pass is a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a mountain range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route....
 of the Cottian Alps are:
namelocationtype
elevation (m/ft)
Col Sommeiller Bardonecchia
Bardonecchia

File:Torino location map winter olympics.PNGBardonecchia is an Italy town and comune located in the Province of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley....
 to Bramans		snow 2962/9718
Col de la Traversette Crissolo to Abriès
Abriès

Abri?s is a Communes of France in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France in southeastern France.It belongs to the Queyras Regional Park. It is located in the valley of the Guil and is appreciated for its position along long and medium distance GR footpath in a rural and preserved environment....
bridle path 2950/9679
Col d'AmbinExilles to Bramanssnow 2854/9364
Col de St Veran Valle Varaita to the Queyras
Queyras

The Queyras Valley is located in the French Hautes-Alpes. Its geographical extension is the basin of river Guil, a tributary of the Durance.The Queyras was supposedly traveled through by Attila when he was conquering various areas of the planet....
 Valley		foot path 2844/9331
Col du Parpaillon Ubaye Valley to the Queyras Valleyfoot path 2780/9121
Col d'Etache Bardonecchia to Bramansbridle path 2787/9144
Col Agnel
Col Agnel

Col Agnel is a Principal passes of the Alps in the Cottian Alps, west of Monte Viso between France and Italy.It links the Queyras valley with Pontechianale in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont....
Valle Varaita to the Queyras Valleyroad 2744/9003
Col Girardin Ubaye Valley to the Queyras Valleybridle path 2699/8855
Col de Sautron Valle Maira to Barcelonnette
Barcelonnette

Barcelonnette is a communes of France in the Ubaye Valley, in the southern French Alps, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France....
 		bridle path 2689/8823
Col de Longet Ubaye Valley to Valle Varaitabridle path 2672/8767
Col de Mary Ubaye Valley to Valle Mairabridle path 2654/8708
Col d'Abriès Perosa to Abrièsbridle path 2650/8695
Col de la Roue Bardonecchia to Modane
Modane

Modane is a commune in France of the Savoie D?partements of France in France.It was part ot the Kingdom of Sardinia until 1861....
bridle path 2566/8419
Col du Fréjus
Col du Fréjus

Col du Fr?jus is a mountain pass in the Cottian Alps on the border between France and Italy. It connects Bardonecchia in Italy to Modane in France....
 		Bardonecchia to Modanedirt road 2542
Col de Clapier
Col de Clapier

Col de Clapier is a 2491 m high mountain pass over the mountain massif Mont Cenis in the Cottian Alps and Graian Alps between Savoy in France and Piemont in Italy....
Bramans to Susa
Susa, Italy

Susa is a city in Piedmont , Italy. It is situated on a tributary of the Po River, at the foot of the Cottian Alps, 51 km west of Turin....
bridle path 2491/8173
Col d'Izoard
Col d'Izoard

Col d'Izoard is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France.It is accessible in summer via the D902 road, connecting Brian?on on the north and the valley of the Guil in Queyras, which ends at Guillestre in the south....
 		Briançon
Briançon

Brian?on is a communes of France in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France in the Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is the Subprefectures in France of the department....
 to the Queyras Valley		road 2388/7835
Col de la Croix or Passo de la CroceTorre Pellice
Torre Pellice

Torre Pellice is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 45 km southwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,636 and an area of 21.2 km?....
 to Abriès
Abriès

Abri?s is a Communes of France in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France in southeastern France.It belongs to the Queyras Regional Park. It is located in the valley of the Guil and is appreciated for its position along long and medium distance GR footpath in a rural and preserved environment....
bridle path 2309/7576
Petit Mont Cenis Bramans to the Mont Cenis Plateaubridle path 2184/7166
Col de Vars
Col de Vars

Col de Vars, elevation 2108 m is a high mountain pass in the Alps betweenn the departments of Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France....
Ubaye Valley to the Queyras Valleyroad 2115/6939
Mont Cenis
Mont Cenis

Mont Cenis is a massif and mountain pass in Savoie in France which forms the limit between the Cottian Alps and Graian Alps.A road was built across it between 1803 and 1810 by Napoleon I of France, while Fell mountain railway system was opened alongside the road in 1868, but was destroyed in 1871, on the opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel...
 		Lanslebourg to Susaroad 2101/6893
Col de Sestriere
Sestriere

Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is 17 km from the French border. Its name derives from Latin language: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin....
 		Pinerolo
Pinerolo

Pinerolo is a town and comune in north-western Italy, 40 kilometres southwest of Turin on the river Chisone....
 to Cesana Torinese		road 2021/6631
Col de Larche/Maddalena Pass
Maddalena Pass

The Maddalena Pass is a high mountain pass between the Cottian Alps and the Maritime Alps, located on the border between Italy and France. It connects Barcelonnette in France with Cuneo in Italy....
 		Ubaye Valley to the Stura Valleyroad 1991/6532
Col de Montgenèvre
Col de Montgenèvre

The Col de Montgen?vre is a high mountain pass in the Cottian Alps, between France and Italy.The pass is named after the village Montgen?vre, , which lies in the vicinity of the pass....
 		Briançon to Susaroad 1854/6083
Col de l'Echelle Briançon to Bardonecchiaroad 1760/5774