Pizzo Tambò

Tambohorn or Pizzo Tambo or Pizzo Tambò is a mountain located at the eastern extremity of the Lepontine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. The mountain lies on the German-Italian language border, west of the Splügen Pass which divides the Western Alps from the Eastern Alps.

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Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,279 metres
Description: mountain in Italy and Switzerland
Also known as: “Pizzo Tambo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Splügen Pass and Cime di Val Loga.

Splügen Pass

Mountain saddle

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The Splügen Pass is an Alpine mountain pass of the Lepontine Alps. It connects the Swiss canton of Grisonian Splügen 5 kilometres to the north 675 metres below the pass with the Italian municipality of Chiavenna 21 kilometres to the south at the end of the Valle San Giacomo 1,789 metres below the pass.

Cime di Val Loga

Scenic viewpoint

Cime di Val Loga is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy.

Guggernüll

Peak

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The Guggernüll is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Nufenen in the canton of Graubünden. It lies north of Pizzo Tambo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montespluga and Nufenen.

Montespluga

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Montespluga is an Alpine village near the head of the Valle Spluga in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is a frazione of the comune of Madesimo, located at 1,908 m of altitude on the road to Chiavenna.

Nufenen

Village

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Nufenen is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of Rheinwald.