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.
- Pass with an elevation of 2,424 metres (7,953 feet)
- …is also known as “Furka Passhöhe”
- Description: mountain pass
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Furka DFB railway station and Klein Furkahorn.
Furka DFB railway station
Furka DFB railway station is a metre gauge railway…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tiefenbach and Gletsch.
Furka Pass
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Latitude
46.57191° or 46° 34′ 19″ north
Longitude
8.41642° or 8° 24′ 59″ east
Open location code
8FRCHCC8+QH
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Furka Pass” goes by many names.
Ֆուրկա լեռնանցքArmenian
Furka mendateaBasque
ФуркаBulgarian
ФуркапасBulgarian
Coll FurkaCatalan
FurkapassCebuano
富尔卡山口Chinese
富爾卡通道Chinese
Furka PassCroatian
Prijevoj FurkaCroatian
FurkapassCzech
FurkapassetDanish
FurkapasDutch
Furka-PasejoEsperanto
FurkapassEsperanto
Furko-PasejoEsperanto
Furka kuruEstonian
FurkapassFinnish
FurkasolaFinnish
מעבר פורקהHebrew
Furka-hágóHungarian
Finestra di BedrettoItalian
FurkaItalian
FurkapassItalian
Passo del FurkaItalian
Passo della FurkaItalian
フルカ峠Japanese
푸르카 고개Korean
FurkapassNorwegian Bokmål
FurkapassetNorwegian Nynorsk
FurkapassPolish
Pasul FurkaRomanian
Pass dal FurcaRomansh
ФуркаRussian
FurkaSlovenian
FurkapassSwedish
FurkapassetSwedish
ช่องเขาฟัวร์คาThai
ช่องเขาฟูร์กาThai
ФуркаUkrainian
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Localities in the Area
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