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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 (...) | |
| 2 | Piz 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 (...) | |
| 9 | Gelgia (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. | |
| 10 | Piz 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. (...) | |
| 11 | Piz 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. (...) | |
| 12 | Piz 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. (...) | |
| 13 | Piz 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 (...) | |
| 15 | Hinterrhein (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 (...) | |
| 16 | Piz 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. (...) | |
| 17 | Piz 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 (...) | |
| 18 | Savognin ![]() 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, (...) | |
| 19 | Bivio ![]() 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 (...) | |
| 20 | Canton 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, (...) | |