Oberalp Pass
Oberalp Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis/Mustér and Andermatt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,044 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Alpsu”, “Crispalt”, “Cuolm d’Ursera”, “Oberalb-Pass”, “Oberalp-Passhöhe”, and “Pass Alpsu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rheinquelle lighthouse and Oberalppass railway station.
Oberalppass railway station
Railway station
Photo: Whgler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oberalppass railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Andermatt, in the Swiss canton of Uri. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn.
Oberalpsee
Photo: Chin tin tin, Public domain.
Oberalpsee is a reservoir just below Oberalp Pass on the side of the Canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tschamut and Göschenen.
Göschenen
Village
Photo: Jan K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Göschenen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site.
Andermatt
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andermatt is a town and ski resort in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is located at a crossroad in the Alps with great historical importance. Before the opening of the Gotthard car and train tunnels, a big part of the north–south traffic had to pass through here.
Oberalp Pass
- Categories: rail mountain pass and landform
- Location: Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.65874° or 46° 39′ 32″ northLongitude
8.67117° or 8° 40′ 16″ eastElevation
2,044 metres (6,706 feet)Open location code
8FRCMM5C+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 278908223OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Oberalp Pass” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Обералпас”
- Cebuano: “Oberalppass”
- Czech: “Hornoalpský průsmyk”
- Czech: “Oberalppass”
- Danish: “Oberalppasset”
- Dutch: “Oberalppas”
- Esperanto: “Oberalppasejo”
- French: “col de l’Oberalp”
- French: “Col de l’Oberalp”
- French: “Col de lOberalp”
- French: “Oberalp”
- Georgian: “ობერალპის უღელტეხილი”
- German: “Alpsu”
- German: “Oberalppass”
- Italian: “Passo dell’Oberalp”
- Italian: “Passo dellOberalp”
- Italian: “Passo di Oberalp”
- Japanese: “オーバーアルプ峠”
- Korean: “오버알프 고개”
- Korean: “오버알프 패스”
- Latin: “Alpis superior”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberalp-pass”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberalp-passet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberalppass”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberalppasset”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oberalppasset”
- Norwegian: “Oberalppasset”
- Polish: “Oberalppass”
- Portuguese: “Passo do Oberalp”
- Romanian: “Oberalppass”
- Romanian: “Pasul Oberalp”
- Romansh: “Cuolm d’Ursera”
- Romansh: “Pass Alpsu”
- Russian: “Оберальп”
- Slovenian: “Oberalp (prelaz)”
- Slovenian: “Oberalp”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Oberalp”
- Swedish: “Oberalppass”
- Swiss German: “Oberalppass”
- Thai: “ช่องเขาโอเบอร์อัลพ์”
- Tosk Albanian: “Oberalppass”
- Turkish: “Oberalp Geçidi”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Infocenter Rheinquelle and Stellplatz Oberalp.
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