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RhÀtikon Mountains
mountains, Europe
RhÀtikon Mountains: Brandner GlacierBrandner Glacier near Schesaplana, in the RhÀtikon Mountains, western Austria.
RhĂ€tikon Mountains, mountain group of the Rhaetian Alps, straddling eastern Switzerland (GraubĂŒnden canton), western Austria (Vorarlberg), and southern Liechtenstein. It divides the valleys of Montafon (northeast) and PrĂ€tigau (southwest). The groupâs highest peak is Schesaplana (9,724 feet [2,964 meters]) on the Austrian-Swiss border, east-northeast of Maienfeld, Switzerland. Tourism is the main economic base of the region.
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