The Rhaetian Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps mountain group, in the Central Eastern Alps.
They are located along the Italian–Swiss and Austrian–Swiss borders, in the Graubünden canton in eastern Switzerland; in the state of Tyrol in Austria; and in the Italian regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Lombardy.
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