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1 Julier Pass  
FeatureType : pass
Elevation : 2272
Lat/Lng : 46.472 / 9.729
The Julier Pass (Romansh: Pass dal Güglia, German: Julierpass, Italian Passo del Giulia) (el. 2284 m) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, in the Albula Range of the Alps. It connects the Engadin valley with the rest of Graubünden (...)
2Piz Julier  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 3231
Lat/Lng : 46.4909 / 9.7599
Piz Julier (German) is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking the Julier Pass, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. With a height of 3,380 metres above sea level, Piz Julier is the second highest peak (after Piz Calderas) of the group between the Julier Pass and the Albula Pass (...)
3 Splügen Pass  
FeatureType : pass
Elevation : 2117
Lat/Lng : 46.5055 / 9.3302
The Splügen Pass is a Alpine mountain pass of the Lepontine Alps. It connects the Swiss, Grisonian Thusis to the north below the pass with the Italian Chiavenna to the south at the end of the Valle San Giacomo below the pass. (...)
4 Lenzerheide  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 1474
Lat/Lng : 46.7279 / 9.5568
Lenzerheide (Romansh: Lai) is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein (...)
5 Silvaplana  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 1800
Lat/Lng : 46.4667 / 9.8
Silvaplana (Romansh: Silvaplauna) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the name of a lake in the municipality. (...)
6 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 (...)
7 Lake Silvaplana  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 1789
Lat/Lng : 46.4517 / 9.7969
Lake Silvaplana is a lake in the Upper-Engadine valley of Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Silvaplana. The lake is also connected to the nearby Lej da Champfèr. Together with its larger neighbour, Lake Sils, it is among the largest lakes of the Grisons (...)
8 Lai da Marmorera  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 1663
Lat/Lng : 46.4997 / 9.6369
Lai da Marmorera is a reservoir in the Grisons, Switzerland. It is part of the Parc Ela nature park. The lake with a surface area of formed after the completion of the Marmorera dam in 1954 when the old village of Marmorera was flooded. The village was rebuilt above the lake (...)
9Gelgia (river)  
FeatureType : river
Elevation : 1502
Lat/Lng : 46.5221 / 9.6258
Gelgia (Romansh) is a river in the Grisons canton, eastern Switzerland. It is a tributary of the Albula, which it meets in Tiefencastel. The road to the Julier Pass runs through the Sursés , like the major valley of the Gelgia and its side valleys are called.
10Piz Grevasalvas  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 2895
Lat/Lng : 46.4229 / 9.6744
Piz Grevasalvas is a mountain of the Albula Alps, located north of Maloja in the canton of Graubünden. It lies on the range between the Julier Pass and Lake Sils. (...)
11Piz Albana  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 3063
Lat/Lng : 46.4812 / 9.7736
Piz Albana (3,100 m) is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking Champfèr in the canton of Graubünden. It lies east of Piz Julier, on the range north of the Julier Pass. (...)
12Piz Calderas  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 3352
Lat/Lng : 46.5364 / 9.696
Piz Calderas is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking Mulegns in the canton of Graubünden. It is the highest summit of the group located between the Julier and Albula Pass. On its east side lies the Val Bever. (...)
13Piz Lagrev  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 3114
Lat/Lng : 46.4457 / 9.723
Piz Lagrev is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking Lake Sils in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On its northern side lies the Julier Pass. Reaching a height of 3,165 metres (10,384 feet) above sea level, Piz Lagrev is the culminating point of the range lying between the Septimer Pass and the (...)
14 Reichenau, Switzerland  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 598
Lat/Lng : 46.8247 / 9.4089
Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet, forming the Alpine Rhine. It is a major traffic junction of the routes from Chur towards the Oberalp Pass and Lukmanier Pass and from Chur (...)
15Hinterrhein (river)  
FeatureType : river
Elevation : 586
Lat/Lng : 46.8208 / 9.4045
The Hinterrhein (German; ;) is one of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine (less in length but bigger by volume) in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, flowing from the village Hinterrhein near the San Bernardino Pass through the Rheinwald valley into a gorge called Roflaschlucht (...)
16Piz Polaschin  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 2964
Lat/Lng : 46.461 / 9.753
Piz Polaschin (3,013 m) is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking Silvaplana in the canton of Graubünden. It lies east of Piz Lagrev, on the range south of the Julier Pass. (...)
17Piz Surgonda  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 3164
Lat/Lng : 46.5102 / 9.725
Piz Surgonda is a mountain of the Albula Alps, located north of the Julier Pass in the canton of Graubünden. It lies on the range surrounding the Val Bever, east of Piz d'Agnel. Piz Surgonda is composed of two summits of almost equal height: the western summit (3,193 m) and the eastern summit (3,196 (...)
18Savognin  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 1227
Lat/Lng : 46.5978 / 9.6
Savognin (in local Romansh dialect Suagnign; ; , official name until 1890) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, (...)
19Bivio  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 1772
Lat/Lng : 46.47 / 9.6514
Bivio is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula of the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses (...)
20Canton of Grisons  
FeatureType : adm1st
Elevation : 2625
Lat/Lng : 46.727 / 9.607
The canton of (the) Grisons, or canton of Graubünden, is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. It has international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. Its German name, Graubünden, translates as the "Grey Leagues", referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, (...)