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.
- Mountain
- …is also known as “Lepontine Alpes”
- Description: range of mountains in North-Western part of the Alps
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno and Santa Maria Assunta Church.
Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno
The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the…
Santa Maria Assunta Church
Santa Maria Assunta Church is situated 3 km north of Lepontine Alps.
Lago di Mognola
Lago di Mognola is a lake above Fusio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mogno and Lavizzara.
Lavizzara
Lavizzara is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Lepontine Alps
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Latitude
46.41667° or 46° 25′ north
Longitude
8.66667° or 8° 40′ east
Open location code
8FRCCM88+MM
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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”
- Persian: “آلپ لپونتین”
- 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”
- Swiss German: “Lepontinische Alpen”
- Turkish: “Lepontin Alpleri”
- Ukrainian: “Лепонтинські Альпи”
- Venetian: “Alpe Leopontine”
- Vietnamese: “Alpes lépontines”
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