Lepontine Alps
The Lepontine Alps are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland and Italy. The Simplon rail tunnel, the Gotthard rail and Gotthard road tunnels and the San Bernardino road tunnel are important transport arteries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,699 metres
- Description: range of mountains in North-Western part of the Alps
- Also known as: “Lepontine Alpes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Madom Gröss and Bodio TI railway station.
Madom Gröss
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Madom Gröss is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland. It is located between the Valle Verzasca and Valle Leventina, near Sonogno, Ticino.
Bodio TI railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bodio TI railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Bodio. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bodio and Personico.
Bodio
Village
Photo: Cooper.ch, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bodio is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Personico
Village
Personico is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Giornico
Village
Photo: Iopensa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giornico is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Lepontine Alps
- Categories: alpine section and landform
- Location: Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.36541° or 46° 21′ 56″ northLongitude
8.86829° or 8° 52′ 6″ eastElevation
1,699 metres (5,574 feet)Open location code
8FRC9V89+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 1214963541OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lepontine Alps” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال الألب ليبونتيني”
- Armenian: “Լեպոնտինյան Ալպեր”
- Basque: “Lepontiar Alpeak”
- Belarusian: “Лепанцінскія Альпы”
- Bulgarian: “Лепонтински Алпи”
- Catalan: “Alps Lepotins”
- Cebuano: “Alpi Lepontine”
- Chinese: “利旁廷阿尔卑斯山脉”
- Chinese: “勒蓬廷山”
- Czech: “Lepontské Alpy”
- Dutch: “Lepontische Alpen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الالب ليبونتينى”
- Estonian: “Leponti Alpid”
- Finnish: “Lepontinen Alpit”
- Finnish: “Lepontiset Alpit”
- French: “Alpes Lépontiennes”
- French: “Alpes lépontines”
- Georgian: “ლეპონტის ალპები”
- German: “Lepontinische Alpen”
- Greek: “Λεποντίνες Άλπεις”
- Hebrew: “האלפים הלפונטיניים”
- Hungarian: “Lepontini-Alpok”
- Indonesian: “Alpen Lepontine”
- Italian: “Alpi Lepontine”
- Japanese: “レポンティネ・アルプス”
- Japanese: “レポンティンアルプス”
- Korean: “레폰틴 알프스”
- Ladin: “Elpes Lepontines”
- Lithuanian: “Leponto Alpės”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De lepontinske Alpene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei lepontinske Alpane”
- Norwegian: “De lepontinske Alper”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alps Lepontinas”
- Polish: “Alpy Lepontyńskie”
- Portuguese: “Alpes Lepontinos”
- Romanian: “Alpii Lepontini”
- Russian: “Лепонтинские Альпы”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lepontinske Alpe”
- Slovak: “Lepontské Alpy”
- Slovenian: “Adulske Alpe”
- Spanish: “Alpes Lepontinos”
- Swedish: “Alpi Lepontine”
- Swedish: “Lepontiska alperna”
- Tosk Albanian: “Lepontinische Alpen”
- Turkish: “Lepontin Alpleri”
- Ukrainian: “Лепонтинські Альпи”
- Venetian: “Alpe Leopontine”
- Vietnamese: “Alpes lépontines”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alpe di Nedro and Portri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fòpp and Bassa del Mottone.
Ticino: Must-Visit Destinations
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