Rhätikon Mountains
Rhätikon Mountains: Brandner GlacierBrandner Glacier near Schesaplana, in the Rhätikon Mountains, western Austria.
Rhätikon Mountains, mountain group of the Rhaetian Alps, straddling eastern Switzerland (Graubünden canton), western Austria (Vorarlberg), and southern Liechtenstein. It divides the valleys of Montafon (northeast) and Prätigau (southwest). The group’s 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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Rhätikon Mountains
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03 April 2025
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