San Bernardino Pass
San Bernardino Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the Hinterrhein and the Mesolcina valleys between Thusis and Bellinzona. Located in the far eastern side of the Western Alps it is not to be confused with the Great St Bernard Pass and the Little St Bernard Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,066 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Saint Bernhardin-Pass” and “San Bernardino Passo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piz Uccello and Marscholsee.
Piz Uccello
Peak
Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piz Uccello is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking the San Bernardino Pass in the canton of Graubünden. It lies on the range culminating at the Einshorn.
Marscholsee
Lake
Marscholsee is a lake at San Bernardino Pass in the Grisons, Switzerland. The lake is located at an elevation of 2053 m. The lake is stocked with brown trout.
Marscholhorn
Peak
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The Marscholhorn is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking the San Bernardino Pass in the canton of Graubünden. It lies at the eastern end of the range between the Hinterrhein valley and the Mesolcina, east of the Zapporthorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Bernardino and Hinterrhein.
San Bernardino
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Bernardino is a mountainous village in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. It is the southern entry point to the San Bernardino tunnel, which complemented the road over the San Bernardino Pass in 1967, opening a new all-year-round road to crossing the Alps.
Hinterrhein
Village
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Hinterrhein is a village and a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The village is located near the start of the river Hinterrhein/Rein Posteriur, one of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine.
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.
San Bernardino Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Mesocco, Region Moesa, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.49715° or 46° 29′ 50″ northLongitude
9.17114° or 9° 10′ 16″ eastElevation
2,066 metres (6,778 feet)Open location code
8FRFF5WC+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1845679597OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“San Bernardino Pass” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “San Bernardinopas”
- Albanian: “San Bernardino(Qafë mali)”
- Basque: “San Bernardino pasabidea”
- Catalan: “Coll de San Bernardino”
- Cebuano: “Passo di San Bernardino”
- Chinese: “圣贝纳迪诺山口”
- Czech: “San-Bernardino-Pass”
- Danish: “San Bernardinopasset”
- Dutch: “San Bernardinopas”
- Esperanto: “San Bernardino”
- Finnish: “Passo del San Bernardino”
- French: “col du San Bernardino”
- French: “Col du San Bernardino”
- Georgian: “სან-ბერნარდინოს უღელტეხილი”
- German: “Bernhardinpass”
- German: “San-Bernardino-Pass”
- German: “Sankt Bernhardin”
- German: “Sankt-Bernhardinpass”
- Hebrew: “מעבר סן ברנרדינו”
- Italian: “passo del San Bernardino”
- Italian: “Passo del San Bernardino”
- Italian: “San Bernardino, Passo di”
- Italian: “San Bernardino”
- Korean: “산베르나르디노 고개”
- Latin: “Avicula mons”
- Latin: “Mons Avium”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Bernardino-passet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Bernardino-passet”
- Norwegian: “San Bernardino-passet”
- Polish: “Berhnardinpass”
- Polish: “Przełęcz San Bernardino”
- Portuguese: “Passo do São Bernardino”
- Romanian: “Pasul San-Bernardino”
- Romansh: “Pass dal San Bernardin”
- Romansh: “San Bernardino, Passo del”
- Serbo-Croatian: “San Bernardino (prijevoj)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “San Bernardino”
- Slovenian: “Prelaz San Bernardino”
- Swedish: “Passo di San Bernardino”
- Swedish: “San Bernardinopasset”
- Swiss German: “San Bernardino”
- Tosk Albanian: “San Bernardino”
- Turkish: “San Bernardino Geçidi”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Бернардіно”
- Western Frisian: “San Bernardinopas”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Passo del San Bernardino and Ospizio.
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