Lepontine Alps

American

[li-pon-tin] / lɪˈpɒn tɪn /

plural noun

a central range of the Alps in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak, Mt. Leone, 11,684 feet (3,561 meters).

Lepontine Alps British

/ lɪˈpɒntaɪn /

plural noun

a range of the S central Alps, in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak: Monte Leone, 3553 m (11 657 ft)

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A main artery for the Maggia River, the valley leads from the high summits of the Lepontine Alps to Lake Maggiore below, but it also breaks into more than 10 smaller canyons.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Farther east are the Lepontine Alps, which give off a number of streams that feed the Italian lakes—Maggiore, Como, &c.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

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