Älplilücke
Älplilücke is a mountain saddle in Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Graubünden and has an elevation of 2,852 metres. Älplilücke is situated nearby to the locality Heuplangge, as well as near Sand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rossbodenstock and Sources of the Rhine.
Rossbodenstock
Peak
Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Rossbodenstock is a mountain peak of the Saint-Gotthard Massif and part of the Lepontine Alps south of the Oberalp Pass. It is 2,836 metres high; its peak is located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden, which follows the ridge from north to south.
Sources of the Rhine
Spring
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Toma in the Swiss canton of Grisons is generally regarded as the Source of the River Rhine. The lake's outflow, the Rein da Tuma, subsequently becomes the Anterior Rhine, which later confluences with the Posterior Rhine to form the Rhine.
Tomasee
Lake
Photo: Dages, Public domain.
Lake Toma is a lake at the northern face of Piz Badus, above the village of Tschamut in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2.5 ha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andermatt and Tschamut.
Andermatt
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andermatt is a town and ski resort in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is located at a crossroad in the Alps with great historical importance. Before the opening of the Gotthard car and train tunnels, a big part of the north–south traffic had to pass through here.
Göschenen
Village
Photo: Jan K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Göschenen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site.
Älplilücke
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,852 metres
- Also known as: “AElpliluecke”
- Category: landform
- Location: Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.63238° or 46° 37′ 57″ northLongitude
8.65451° or 8° 39′ 16″ eastElevation
2,852 metres (9,357 feet)Open location code
8FRCJMJ3+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 12040719054OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
11073907
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In Other Languages
“Älplilücke” goes by many names.
- German: “Älplilücke”
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