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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,424 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Furka Passhöhe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Furka DFB railway station and Klein Furkahorn.
Furka DFB railway station
Railway station
Furka DFB railway station is a metre gauge railway station at the eastern portal of the Furka Summit Tunnel, in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The station was opened in 1926.
Klein Furkahorn
Peak
The Klein Furkahorn is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking the Furka Pass on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Uri. It lies near the southern end of the Galenstock-Gross Furkahorn chain, east of the Rhone Glacier.
Hotel Furkablick
Hotel building
Photo: Zimmerch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hotel Furkablick is a hotel building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gletsch and Oberwald.
Gletsch
Hamlet
Photo: Alorin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gletsch is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms, 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône.
Oberwald
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oberwald is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in Goms District in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007.
Realp
Village
Photo: SteveK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Realp is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Furka Pass
- Categories: rail mountain pass, mountain pass, and landform
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.57269° or 46° 34′ 22″ northLongitude
8.41518° or 8° 24′ 55″ eastElevation
2,424 metres (7,953 feet)Open location code
8FRCHCF8+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 1457531552OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Chinese: “富爾卡通道”
- Croatian: “Furka Pass”
- Croatian: “Furkapass”
- Croatian: “Prijevoj Furka”
- Czech: “Furkapass”
- Danish: “Furkapasset”
- Dutch: “Furkapas”
- Esperanto: “Furka-Pasejo”
- Esperanto: “Furkapass”
- Esperanto: “Furko-Pasejo”
- Esperanto: “Furkopasejo”
- Estonian: “Furka kuru”
- Finnish: “Furkapass”
- Finnish: “Furkasola”
- French: “col de la Furka”
- French: “Col de la Furka”
- French: “Furkapass”
- German: “Furkapass”
- German: “Hauptstrasse 511”
- Hebrew: “מעבר פורקה”
- Hungarian: “Furka-hágó”
- Italian: “Finestra di Bedretto”
- Italian: “Furka”
- Italian: “Furkapass”
- Italian: “Passo del Furka”
- Italian: “Passo della Furka”
- Japanese: “フルカ峠”
- Korean: “푸르카 고개”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Furkapass”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Furkapasset”
- Polish: “Furkapass”
- Portuguese: “Colo da Furka”
- 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”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Furkastock and Alpine Forschungs- und Ausbildungstation Furka.
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