Piz Bernina is the highest mountain of the eastern Alps with an elevation of 4049 metres. It is also the most eastern mountain higher than 4,000 m in the Alps. The mountain got it's name in 1850 from Johann Coaz, who achieved the first ascent. Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... The chief peaks of the Bernina Alps, from the Maloja to the Reschen Scheideck and the Stelvio, south and east of the Val Bregaglia and of the Engadine and north of the Vultellina, are: List of passes The chief passes of the Bernina Alps, from the Maloja to the Reschen... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. ...