Valais
Goms District
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Nufenen Pass

Nufenen Pass is the second highest mountain pass with a paved road in , with an elevation of 2,478 metres. It lies between the summits of and the . The road opened to motor vehicle traffic in September 1969.
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  • Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,440 metres
  • Description: mountain pass in Switzerland linking the cantons of Valais and Ticino
  • Also known as: “Nufenenpass / Passo della Novena”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nufenenstock and Pizzo Gallina.

Peak
The Nufenestock is a mountain of the , located on the border between the Swiss cantons of and . It lies between the Nufenen Pass and the Passo del Corno. On its south-west side it overlooks the .

Peak
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is a 3,061-metre-high mountain in the of , overlooking the Nufenen Pass. Administratively, the summit is located on the border between the , to the north-west and in the canton of Valais, and the , to the south-east and in the canton of Ticino.

Peak
Photo: Olonia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a mountain of the , located on the - border. With an altitude of 2,969 metres above sea level, it is the culminating point of the group lying between the Gries Pass, the and the Nufenen Pass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Obergesteln and Riale.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in the district of Goms in the canton of in . was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with and to form the municipality .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in in the canton of in . It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007.

Nufenen Pass

Latitude
46.47712° or 46° 28′ 38″ north
Longitude
8.38783° or 8° 23′ 16″ east
Elevation
2,440 metres (8,005 feet)
Open location code
8FRCF9GQ+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1479101970
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
2659429
Wiki­data ID
Q570647
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swiss German—“Nufenen Pass” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Нуфененпас”
  • Catalan: “Coll de Nufenen”
  • Cebuano: “Nufenenpass”
  • Czech: “Nufenenpass”
  • Dutch: “Nufenenpas”
  • Esperanto: “Nufenenpasejo”
  • Finnish: “Nufenensola”
  • French: “col du Nufenen”
  • French: “Col du Nufenen”
  • German: “Nufenenpass”
  • Italian: “Passo della Novena”
  • Italian: “Passo Nüfenen”
  • Japanese: “ノヴェーナ峠”
  • Korean: “누페넨 고개”
  • Latin: “Novena”
  • Lombard: “Pass de Nufenen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nufenenpasset”
  • Polish: “Nufenenpass”
  • Polish: “Przełęcz Nufenen”
  • Portuguese: “Passo do Nufenen”
  • Romanian: “Pasul Nufenen”
  • Romansh: “Pass dal Nufenen”
  • Spanish: “Puerto de Nufenen”
  • Swedish: “Nufenenpass”
  • Swedish: “Nufenenpasset”
  • Swiss German: “Nufene”
  • Swiss German: “Nufenenpass”
  • Swiss German: “Nufenepass”

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