NW Italy
Aosta Valley
Gressoney-La-Trinité

Lysjoch

The Lysjoch is a very high pass at 4,151 metres in the between and . It is located east of the and west of the Ludwigshöhe, a subsidiary summit of Monte Rosa, and makes up the watershed between the and the Lys Glacier.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 4,153 metres
  • Description: col in the Pennine Alps
  • Also known as: “Lisjoch”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Entdeckungsfels and Ludwigshöhe.

Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
The is a minor summit located in Switzerland, close to the border. It is west of the Lysjoch, between Liskamm and Ludwigshöhe. Because of its small prominence, it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
The is a mountain in the on the - border. It is situated near the in the Monte Rosa Massif. The summit is the between , and .

Peak
Photo: aiace, CC BY 2.0.
The is a 4,321-metre-high summit in the Italian just next to the Swiss border. It is part of the Monte Rosa massif in the Wallis Alps, which lie on the border between and .

Lysjoch

Latitude
45.92019° or 45° 55′ 13″ north
Longitude
7.85328° or 7° 51′ 12″ east
Elevation
4,153 metres (13,625 feet)
Open location code
8FQ9WVC3+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2304704016
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
11075117
Wiki­data ID
Q88961317
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Satellite Map

Discover Lysjoch from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Italian—“Lysjoch” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lisjoch”
  • French: “Col du Lys”
  • German: “Lisjoch”
  • Italian: “Colle del Lys (Alpi Pennine)”
  • Italian: “Colle del Lys”
  • Italian: “Entdekonsfelse”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lysjoch”. Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.