The
Pennine Alps (French:
Alpes Pennines, German:
Walliser Alpen, Italian:
Alpi Pennine, Latin:
Alpes Poeninae), sometimes referred to as the
Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy (the
Aosta Valley 
and Piedmont) and Switzerland (Valais).
The Pennine Alps are amongst the three highest major subranges of the Alps, together with the
Bernese Alps 
and the Graian Alps that include the Mont Blanc massif.
Geography
The Italian side is drained by the rivers
Dora Baltea 
, Sesia and Toce, tributaries of the Po. The Swiss side is drained by the Rhône.
The Great St Bernard Tunnel, under the Great St Bernard Pass, leads from Martigny, Switzerland to Aosta.