Furka Pass
Furka Pass is a 2,429 m high mountain pass in the southern Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri via the seasonal Furkapassroute. The Furka Oberalp Bahn bypasses the pass through the 1,390 m high Furka Base Tunnel, which opened in 1982 to replace the seasonal Furka Summit Tunnel at 2,160 metres.
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 2,424 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Colo da Furka”, “Finestra di Bedretto”, “Furka Passhöhe”, “Furka-Pasejo”, “Furko-Pasejo”, “Hauptstrasse 511”, “Passo del Furka”, and “富爾卡通道”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Furka DFB railway station and Klein Furkahorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tiefenbach and Gletsch.
Gletsch
Hamlet
Oberwald
Village
Furka Pass
- Categories: rail mountain pass, mountain pass, and landform
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.57191° or 46° 34′ 19″ north
Longitude
8.41642° or 8° 24′ 59″ east
Elevation
2,424 metres (7,953 feet)
Open location code
8FRCHCC8+QH
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Furka Pass” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆուրկա լեռնանցք”
- Basque: “Furka mendatea”
- Bulgarian: “Фурка”
- Bulgarian: “Фуркапас”
- Catalan: “Coll Furka”
- Cebuano: “Furkapass”
- Chinese: “富尔卡山口”
- Croatian: “Prijevoj Furka”
- Czech: “Furkapass”
- Danish: “Furkapasset”
- Dutch: “Furkapas”
- Esperanto: “Furkopasejo”
- Estonian: “Furka kuru”
- Finnish: “Furkasola”
- French: “col de la Furka”
- French: “Col de la Furka”
- German: “Furkapass”
- Hebrew: “מעבר פורקה”
- Hungarian: “Furka-hágó”
- Italian: “Passo della Furka”
- Japanese: “フルカ峠”
- Korean: “푸르카 고개”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Furkapass”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Furkapasset”
- Polish: “Furkapass”
- Portuguese: “Passo da Furka”
- Romanian: “Pasul Furka”
- Romansh: “Pass dal Furca”
- Russian: “Фурка”
- Slovenian: “Furka”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Furka”
- Swedish: “Furkapass”
- Swedish: “Furkapasset”
- Thai: “ช่องเขาฟัวร์คา”
- Thai: “ช่องเขาฟูร์กา”
- Ukrainian: “Фурка”
- “Furkapass”
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Places to explore: Belvédère and Schweig.
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