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1 | ![]() | Chiavenna ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 319 Lat/Lng : 46.3167 / 9.4 | Chiavenna (Latin and or Claven, archaic or Kleven) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is the centre of the Alpine Valchiavenna region. The historic town is a member of the Cittaslow movement. (...) |
2 | Bregaglia Range ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 2931 Lat/Lng : 46.295 / 9.705 | The Bregaglia Range (commonly the Bregaglia) is a small group of mostly granite mountains in Graubünden, Switzerland and the Province of Sondrio, northern Italy. It derives its name from the partly Swiss, partly Italian valley, the Val Bregaglia, and is known as Bergell in German (...) | |
3 | ![]() | Piz Badile ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 3261 Lat/Lng : 46.2953 / 9.5865 | Piz Badile (3,308 m) is a mountain of the Bregaglia range in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Italian region of Lombardy, the border between the two countries running along the summit ridge. Its north-east face, overlooking the Swiss Val Bregaglia near Soglio, is considered one of the six (...) |
4 | ![]() | Maloja Pass ![]() FeatureType : pass Elevation : 1819 Lat/Lng : 46.4017 / 9.6954 | Maloja Pass (Italian: Passo del Maloja, German: Malojapass) (1815m a.s.l.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia, still in Switzerland and Chiavenna in Italy. It marks the divide between the Danube and Po watersheds (...) |
5 | ![]() | Engadin ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1700 Lat/Lng : 46.5497 / 9.8959 | The Engadin or Engadine (; lit.: Valley of the Inn people) is a long high Alpine valley region in the eastern Swiss Alps located in the canton of Graubünden in most southeastern Switzerland with about 25,000 inhabitants (...) |
6 | Bregaglia ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1004 Lat/Lng : 46.3434 / 9.5906 | Bregaglia is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. It was formed by the 2010 merger of the municipalities of Bondo, Castasegna, Soglio, Stampa and Vicosoprano, all located in the Val Bregaglia. (...) | |
7 | ![]() | Albigna lake ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Elevation : 2084 Lat/Lng : 46.33 / 9.6475 | Albigna Lake (German: Albignasee, Italian: Lago da l'Albigna, Romansh: Lägh da l'Albigna) is a reservoir in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It is located in the municipality of Vicosoprano at an elevation of 2,163 m on the southwest side of the Bregaglia valley, northeast of Pizzo Cacciabella (...) |
8 | Val Bregaglia ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 694 Lat/Lng : 46.3326 / 9.5174 | The Val Bregaglia is an alpine valley of Switzerland and Italy at the base of which runs the river Mera (in Switzerland). The valley begins at the Maloja Pass (1815 m) which connects it to the Engadin (the valley of the Inn, which is part of the Danube basin) and extends westwards to Chiavenna (...) | |
9 | Casaccia, Graubünden ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1464 Lat/Lng : 46.3911 / 9.6664 | Casaccia is a village located in the Val Bregaglia, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It lies at an altitude of 1,458 metres above sea level, at the southern foot of Piz Lunghin. The village belongs to the municipality of Bregaglia. (...) | |
10 | Mera (river, Switzerland) ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Elevation : 2857 Lat/Lng : 46.3944 / 9.5728 | The Mera (also called in Switzerland) is a river in Switzerland and Italy. Its source is near the Piz Mungiroi, in the Grisons, Switzerland. First, it flows east in the direction to Maloja Pass, then turns west through the Val Bregaglia and crosses the border to Italy in Castasegna (...) | |
11 | ![]() | Septimer Pass ![]() FeatureType : pass Elevation : 2311 Lat/Lng : 46.4187 / 9.6369 | Septimer Pass (German: Septimerpass, Italian: Passo del Settimo, Romansh: Pass da Sett) (el. 2310 m.) is a high mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps between the valleys of Bregaglia (Bergell) and Oberhalbstein (Surses). During the Middle Ages, this, the Great St (...) |
12 | Bernina Range ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 3778 Lat/Lng : 46.3839 / 9.9092 | The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Rhaetian Alps within the Central Eastern Alps. It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers (...) | |
13 | ![]() | Lake Sils ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Elevation : 1795 Lat/Lng : 46.4193 / 9.7331 | Lake Sils (German Silsersee, Romansh: Lej da Segl) is a lake in the Upper Engadine valley, Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Sils im Engadin. The lake lies at an altitude of 1,797 metres above sea level, between Maloja Pass and Lake Silvaplana (...) |
14 | Piz Duan ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 3084 Lat/Lng : 46.376 / 9.5835 | Piz Duan is a mountain of the Oberhalbstein Range, overlooking Vicosoprano and the Val Bregaglia, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. (...) | |
15 | Cima di Castello ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 3299 Lat/Lng : 46.3029 / 9.6767 | Cima di Castello is a mountain of the Bregaglia Range, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. With a height of above sea level, it is the second highest mountain in the Bregaglia Range. Its summit lies between the valleys of the Albigna and Forno Glacier (both in the Swiss canton of (...) | |
16 | Cima dal Cantun ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 3286 Lat/Lng : 46.3107 / 9.6784 | Cima dal Cantun is a mountain of the Bregaglia Range (Alps), located between the valleys of the Albigna and the Forno Glacier in Graubünden. (...) | |
17 | Monte Disgrazia ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 3582 Lat/Lng : 46.2694 / 9.7495 | Monte Disgrazia (3,678 m) is a mountain in the Bregaglia range in the Italian Alps. It is the highest peak in the Val Masino group, situated south of the Bernina Range. It has five glaciers and five wild ridges and is a demanding climb. The first ascent was by Leslie Stephen, E. S (...) | |
18 | ![]() | Piz Lunghin ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 2720 Lat/Lng : 46.4105 / 9.6703 | Piz Lunghin (2,780 m) is a mountain in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, located in the Albula range, overlooking the Maloja Pass. It can be considered as the "roof of Europe" as the pass is nearby the triple watershed of the Lunghin pass (...) |
19 | Cima di Rosso ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 3310 Lat/Lng : 46.3065 / 9.7184 | The Cima di Rosso is a mountain in the Bregaglia Range of the Alps, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It lies between the valleys of Bregaglia (in Graubünden) and Malenco (in Lombardy). On the western side of the mountain is the Forno Glacier. (...) | |
20 | Oberhalbstein Alps ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 2450 Lat/Lng : 46.5231 / 9.5108 | The Oberhalbstein Alps or Platta Group are a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps. The Oberhalbstein Alps are separated from the Lepontine Alps in the west by the Splügen Pass; from the Plessur Range in the (...) | |