Valais
Entremont District
Bourg-Saint-Pierre

Great St Bernard Pass

The Great St Bernard Pass is the third highest road pass in , at an elevation of 2,469 m. It connects in the canton of in Switzerland with in the region in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction with an elevation of 2,479 metres
  • Description: mountain pass in the Western Alpes
  • Also known as: “Great Saint Bernard”, “Great St. Bernard”, “Italy Switzerland border crossing #823”, and “Saint Bernard”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of the Great Saint Bernard Hospice with treasure and Great St Bernard Hospice.

Museum
Photo: Vaquins, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mountain hut
Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , named after its founder Bernard of Menthon, is a hospice and for travelers at the Great St Bernard Pass in .

Peak
is a mountain of the , located on the border between and . It is located on the main chain of the , just south-east of the Great St Bernard Pass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses and Castello di Bosses.

Village
Photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a comune in the region of . is situated 5 km south of Great St Bernard Pass.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 5 km south of Great St Bernard Pass.

Village
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is a village and comune in the region of north-western . is situated 6 km southeast of Great St Bernard Pass.

Great St Bernard Pass

Latitude
45.86905° or 45° 52′ 9″ north
Longitude
7.17041° or 7° 10′ 14″ east
Elevation
2,479 metres (8,133 feet)
Named after
Bernard of Menthon
Open location code
8FQ9V59C+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2001818936
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2660518
Wiki­data ID
Q623424
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Great St Bernard Pass” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot St. Bernardpas”
  • Arabic: “ممر سانت برنارد”
  • Aragonese: “Paso d’o Gran Sant Bernat”
  • Arpitan: “Col du Grand-Sent-Bernârd”
  • Arpitan: “Col du Grant-Sent-Bèrnârd”
  • Basque: “Gran San Bernardo”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі Сен-Бернар”
  • Bulgarian: “Голям Сан Бернар”
  • Catalan: “Coll del Gran Sant Bernat”
  • Catalan: “Gran Sant Bernat”
  • Cebuano: “Great Saint Bernard Pass”
  • Chinese: “大圣伯纳德山口”
  • Chinese: “大聖伯納山口”
  • Chinese: “大聖伯納德山口”
  • Czech: “Velký Svatobernardský průsmyk”
  • Danish: “Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • Dutch: “Col du Grand-Saint Bernard”
  • Dutch: “Grote Sint Bernard”
  • Dutch: “Grote Sint-Bernhardpas”
  • Dutch: “Grote St. Berhardpas”
  • Dutch: “Grote St. Bernardpas”
  • Esperanto: “Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • Esperanto: “Colle del Gran San Bernardo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda San-Bernardo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Sankt-Bernard-Pasejo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Sankt-Bernardo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Sankt-Bernardpasejo”
  • Esperanto: “Montpasejo Granda Sankta Bernardo”
  • Finnish: “Iso Sankt Bernhard”
  • Finnish: “Iso Sankt Bernhardin sola”
  • French: “Col du Grand Saint-Bernard”
  • French: “col du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • French: “Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • French: “Grand Saint-Bernard”
  • French: “Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • French: “Grand-St-Bernard”
  • French: “poste frontière #823 Italy Switzerland border”
  • Georgian: “დიდი სენ-ბერნარის უღელტეხილი”
  • German: “Col du Grand Saint-Bernard”
  • German: “Gran San Bernardo”
  • German: “Grosser Sankt Bernhard”
  • German: “Großer Sankt Bernhard”
  • German: “Grosser St. Bernhard”
  • German: “Großer St. Bernhard”
  • German: “Sankt Bernhard”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר סן ברנאר הגדול”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר סן ברנרד הגדול”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר סנט ברנרד הגדול”
  • Hungarian: “Colle del Gran San Bernardo”
  • Hungarian: “Großer Sankt Bernhard”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy Szent Bernát-hágó”
  • Indonesian: “Great St Bernard Pass”
  • Indonesian: “Jalur Santo Bernardus yang Agung”
  • Italian: “Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • Italian: “Colle del Gran San Bernardo”
  • Italian: “Gran San Bernardo”
  • Italian: “Passo del Gran San Bernardo”
  • Japanese: “グラン・サン・ベルナール峠”
  • Japanese: “サン・ベルナール修道院”
  • Japanese: “大サン・ベルナール峠”
  • Korean: “그랑 생베르나르 고개”
  • Korean: “그레이트 생 베르나르 고개”
  • Latin: “Porta Magni Sancti Bernardi”
  • Latin: “Portus Magni Sancti Bernardi”
  • Lithuanian: “Didžiojo Sen Bernaro perėja”
  • Macedonian: “Голем Сен Бернар”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Store Sankt Bernhard”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Store Sanktbernhardpasset”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Store St. Bernard-passet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Store St. Bernhard-passet”
  • Norwegian: “Store Sankt Bernhard”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “muntgīu”
  • Piemontese: “Gran San Bernard”
  • Piemontese: “Grand San Bernard”
  • Polish: “Wielka Przełęcz Świętego Bernarda”
  • Portuguese: “Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • Portuguese: “Grand Saint Bernard”
  • Portuguese: “Grande São Bernardo”
  • Portuguese: “Passo de São Bernardo”
  • Portuguese: “Passo do Grande São Bernardo”
  • Romanian: “Marele Saint-Bernard”
  • Romansh: “Pass dal Grond Son Bernard”
  • Russian: “Большой Сен-Бернар”
  • Russian: “Сен-Бернар Большой”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki Sveti Bernard”
  • Slovak: “Veľký svätý Bernard”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki Sveti Bernard”
  • Spanish: “Colle del Gran San Bernardo”
  • Spanish: “Gran San Bernardo”
  • Spanish: “Paso del Gran San Bernardo”
  • Swedish: “Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • Swedish: “Great Saint Bernard Pass”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Bernhardspasset”
  • Swiss German: “Dr Gross Sankt Bärnhard Bass”
  • Swiss German: “Grosser St. Bernhard”
  • Thai: “Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
  • Thai: “Great Saint Bernard Pass”
  • Thai: “Great St Bernard Pass”
  • Thai: “Great St Bernard”
  • Thai: “Great St. Bernard Pass”
  • Thai: “Great St. Bernard”
  • Thai: “Grosser Sankt Bernhard”
  • Thai: “ช่องเขากร็อง-แซ็ง-แบร์นาร์”
  • Thai: “ช่องเขาเกรตเซนต์เบอร์นาร์ด”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Grosser St. Bernhard”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий Сен-Бернар”
  • Welsh: “Bwlch Sant Bernard Mawr”

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