Berninapass
The Bernina Pass is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo, which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in Valtellina.Places of Interest
Highlights include Piz Lagalb and Ospizio Bernina railway station.
Piz Lagalb
Peak
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piz Lagalb is a mountain of the Livigno Alps, overlooking the Bernina Pass in the canton of located in Graubünden. In winter it serves as a ski area.
Ospizio Bernina railway station
Railway station
Photo: trams aux fils., CC BY 2.0.
Ospizio Bernina railway station is a station on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. The station lies on the shores of Lago Bianco, near the Bernina Pass, between the Engadin and the valley of Poschiavo, in Graubünden.
Lej Nair
Lake
Photo: Angelo Ronconi, CC BY 2.0.
Lej Nair is a small lake on Bernina Pass in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It is located near the summit of the pass, between Lago Bianco and Lej Pitschen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Rösa and Alp Grüm.
La Rösa
Hamlet
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Rösa is a hamlet in the upper part of the Val Poschiavo in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It lies at 1,880 metres above sea level on the southern approach to the Bernina Pass, and is in the municipality of Poschiavo, some 9 kilometres north of the village of the same name.
Berninapass
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,235 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Pontresina, Maloja District, Engadin, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.4158° or 46° 24′ 57″ northLongitude
10.0115° or 10° 0′ 41″ eastElevation
2,235 metres (7,333 feet)Open location code
8FRGC286+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 256455695OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Ukrainian—“Berninapass” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Berninapasset”
- German: “Berninapass”
- Italian: “Passo del Bernina”
- Polish: “Przełęcz Bernina”
- Ukrainian: “Берніна”
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