Portla Fürkele

Portla Fürkele is a mountain saddle in Damüls, Bregenz District, Vorarlberg and has an elevation of 1,811 metres. Portla Fürkele is situated nearby to the locality Vordermellen, as well as near Furka.

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,811 metres
Description: saddle and mountain pass in the Bregenz Forest Mountains in Vorarlberg, Austria
Also known as: “Portler Fürkele” and “Portler Joch”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sünser Spitze and Sünser See.

Sünser Spitze

Peak

Photo: Reinhard Müller, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sünser Spitze is a peak.

Sünser See

Lake

Photo: Reinhard Müller, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sünser See is a lake.

Hochrohkopf

Peak

Photo: Walter45, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hochrohkopf is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damüls and Fontanella.

Damüls

Village

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Damüls is a village community and popular tourist resort in the district of Bregenz in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Damüls is known for its abundance of snow. In 2006, Damüls was awarded the honorary title "the snowiest village in the world".

Fontanella

Village

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Fontanella is a municipality in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

Sonntag

Village

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Sonntag is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

Portla Fürkele

Categories: mountain pass and landform
Location: Damüls, Bregenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.2822° or 47° 16′ 56″ north

Longitude

9.8404° or 9° 50′ 25″ east

Elevation

1,811 metres (5,942 feet)

Open location code

8FVF7RJR+V5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2418010343

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Portla Fürkele from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

“Portla Fürkele” goes by many names.

German: “Portla Fürkele”
German: “Portler Fürkele”
German: “Portler Joch”
“Portla Fürkele”
“Portler Fürkele”
“Portler Joch”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Vordermellen and Furka.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Portla Alpe and Portlakopf.

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