Eastern alps

Eastern Alps
Piz Bernina (centre-left) with the Biancograt to the left, Piz Scerscen (centre-right) and Piz Roseg (right), seen from Piz Corvatsch
Highest point
Peak	Piz Bernina
Elevation	4,049 m (13,284 ft)
Coordinates	46°22′56.6″N 9°54′29.2″E / 46.382389°N 9.908111°E / 46.382389; 9.908111
Dimensions
Area	130,000 km2 (50,000 sq mi)
Geography
Delimitation of Western and Eastern Alps
Countries	List Switzerland Austria Liechtenstein Germany Italy Slovenia
Range coordinates	46°35′N 12°14′E / 46.58°N 12.23°E / 46.58; 12.23Coordinates: 46°35′N 12°14′E / 46.58°N 12.23°E / 46.58; 12.23
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	List Wienerwald Transdanubian hills Dinaric Alps Venetian Plain Po plain Western Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the south. The peaks and mountain passes are lower compared to the Western Alps, while the range itself is broader and less arched.

The Eastern Alps include the eastern parts of Switzerland (mainly Graubünden), all of Liechtenstein, and most of Austria from Vorarlberg to the east, as well as parts of extreme Southern Germany (Upper Bavaria), northwestern Italy (Lombardy), northeastern Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia) and a good portion of northern Slovenia (Upper Carniola and Lower Styria). In the south the range is bound by the Italian Padan Plain; in the north the valley of the Danube river separates it from the Bohemian Massif. The easternmost spur is formed by the Vienna Woods range, with the Leopoldsberg overlooking the Danube and the Vienna basin, which is the transition zone to the arch of the Carpathian Mountains.