Pennine Alps, Bernese Alps, Uri Alps, Glarus Alps, Western Rhaetian Alps and Lugano Prealps
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The Lepontine Alps (German: Lepontinische Alpen, French: Alpes lépontines, Italian: Alpi Lepontine) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Uri and Graubünden) and Italy (Piedmont and Lombardy).
The Simplon rail tunnel (from Brig to Domodossola), the Gotthard rail (from Erstfeld to Bodio) and Gotthard road tunnels (from Andermatt to Airolo) and the San Bernardino road tunnel are important transport arteries.
The eastern portion of the Lepontine Alps, from the St Gotthard Pass to the Splügen Pass, is named the Adula Alps, while the western part is historically referred to as the Ticino Alps.
The LepontineAlps (German: Lepontinische Alpen, French: Alpes lépontines, Italian: Alpi Lepontine) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the...
Schwyz Alps to the west, the LepontineAlps to the south, the Appenzell Alps to the northeast. The eastern part of the Glarus Alps contains a major thrust...
The Adula Alps, also known as the West Graubünden and Misox Alps, are a western Alpine mountain group, the part of the LepontineAlps from the Lukmanier...
Col Ferret) Chablais Alps (from Lake Geneva to the Col des Montets) Pennine Alps (from Col Ferret to the Simplon Pass) LepontineAlps (from Simplon Pass...
of the LepontineAlps and is located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The mountain stands on the extreme west of the LepontineAlps, a few...
col is lacking. For the Eastern Alps the range names are according to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps. SOIUSA codes, representing a proposal...
from the Chablais Alps in the west and from the Pennine Alps in the south; the upper Rhône valley separates them from the LepontineAlps to the southeast;...
006 m or 6,581 ft) is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the LepontineAlps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton of Valais with...
exceeding 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). The two main mountain ranges are the Alps (south and east) and the Jura (north and west), separated by the Swiss Plateau...
regions. The Swiss Alps extend over both the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps, encompassing an area sometimes called Central Alps. While the northern...
Lucerne), the LepontineAlps to the south (the valley of Urseren with Andermatt) and the Glarus Alps to the east (Reuss). The Uri Alps are composed of...
Urner Alps, Switzerland 15,442 m (9.595 mi) 1982 Single track with passing loops, metre gauge Railway Twin Tube Ceneri Base Tunnel LepontineAlps, Switzerland...
of Pavia. The lake's jagged banks are surrounded by the Pennine and LepontineAlps, and Lugano Prealps. Prominent peaks around the lake are the Gridone...
Paradies Glacier (German: Paradiesgletscher), a glacier situated in the LepontineAlps in Switzerland Paradies Lagardère or The Paradies Shops, a chain of...
of the LepontineAlps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. It is the highest summit of the LepontineAlps south of...
mineral of the U.S. state of Georgia and is also to be found in the LepontineAlps in Switzerland. Staurolite is most commonly found in Fannin County,...
Ticino, at the foot of the Alps. It stretches along the river valley, surrounded by the southern ranges of the LepontineAlps to the east and west, and...
Monte Cistella is a mountain roughly in the middle of the LepontineAlps. It is wholly in Ossolan territory and comprises three main peaks: the horn (2780m)...
railway that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, providing a shortcut under the Simplon Pass route. It is straight except...
in the LepontineAlps in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 3.99 km2. List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps Swiss...
Gottardo; German: Gotthardpass) at 2,106 m (6,909 ft) is a mountain pass in the Alps traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif and connecting northern Switzerland...
The Monte San Salvatore (912 m) is a mountain in the LepontineAlps above Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano in Switzerland. The Monte San Salvatore funicular...
Valle di Campo is a side-valley of the Valle Maggia, canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The valley has few small villages/hamlets. 46°17′07″N 8°30′32″E /...
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