Klausen Pass

Klausen Pass is a high mountain pass in the connecting in the with in the . Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie at the summit of the pass, but some 8 kilometres down the slope towards Linthal, with the summit being in Uri.
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  • Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,948 metres (6,391 feet)
  • Description: mountain pass in Switzerland, between Uri and Glarus cantons

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glatten and Clariden.
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The is a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking the Klausen Pass in the .
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The is a mountain in the , located…
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The is a mountain of the …

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urnerboden and Spiringen.
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The is a village in the high valley…
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is a village and a municipality in the in . is situated 10 km west of Klausen Pass.

Klausen Pass

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Latitude
46.86819° or 46° 52′ 6″ north
Longitude
8.85544° or 8° 51′ 20″ east
Open location code
8FRCVV94+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1604293771
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
2660149
Wiki­data ID
Q667398

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swiss German—“Klausen Pass” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Клаусенпас”
  • Cebuano: “Klausenpass”
  • Danish: “Klausenpasset”
  • Dutch: “Klausenpas”
  • Esperanto: “Klausen-Pasejo”
  • Esperanto: “Klausen”
  • French: “Col du Klausen”
  • Georgian: “კლაუზენის უღელტეხილი”
  • German: “Hauptstrasse 556”
  • German: “Klausenpass”
  • German: “Klausenstrasse”
  • Inari Sami: “Klausen-várádâhnjuáski”
  • Italian: “Passo del Klausen”
  • Korean: “클라우젠 고개”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Klausenpasset”
  • Polish: “Klausenpass”
  • Russian: “Клаузен”
  • Spanish: “Puerto de Klausen”
  • Swedish: “Klausenpass”
  • Swiss German: “Chlausepass”

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