The highest massif in this range is the Moncayo (2,313 m) and, despite getting less snow than in the Pyrenees, it has several ski resorts.

The Dom is the summit of the Mischabel range, the highest massif lying entirely in Switzerland.

Cima Rossa is connected to the higher massif of the Vogelberg by a four km ridge, not descending lower than 2,925 metres.

After Dom, Weisshorn, it is the highest massif of the Alps situated out of the main chain.

Mandala is one of the three high massifs of Western New Guinea, together with the Cartstensz and Trikora complexes.

The Retezat Mountains are some of the highest massifs in Romania, being part of the Southern Carpathians.

In the folded system they are anticlines eroding into the highest and longest massifs of the Apennines.

And the lower terrain of the valley looked smaller, reduced in scale by its place among the high massifs.

Several small glaciers still persist in the Durmitor and Prokletije ranges, the Dinarics' highest massifs.

Chanderi is a majestic massif, 800 metres high, stands out as one approaches Vangani station on the way from Badlapur to Karjat by train.