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Swiss Alps

The region of , conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gotthard Pass and Fibbia.

Mountain saddle
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The or St. at 2,106 m is a mountain pass in the traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif and connecting northern Switzerland with southern .

Peak
The is a 2,738 m high mountain in the Swiss ; the overlooks the , in the canton of .

Reservoir
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is a at the St. Gotthard Pass in the municipality of of the canton of , . The dam Lucendro with a height of 73 m was completed in 1947.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Airolo and Realp.

Village
Photo: Prissantenbär, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in .

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of in .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Swiss Alps

Latitude
46.5592° or 46° 33′ 33″ north
Longitude
8.5614° or 8° 33′ 41″ east
Open location code
8FRCHH56+MH
Wiki­data ID
Q25220
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Swiss Alps” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الألب السويسرية”
  • Armenian: “Շվեյցարական Ալպեր”
  • Arpitan: “Ârpes suissèsses”
  • Bhojpuri: “स्विस आल्प्स”
  • Catalan: “Alps suïssos”
  • Chinese: “瑞士阿爾卑斯山脈”
  • Corsican: “Alpi svizzeri”
  • Czech: “Švýcarské Alpy”
  • Danish: “Schweiziske Alper”
  • Dutch: “Zwitserse Alpen”
  • Esperanto: “Svisaj Alpoj”
  • Estonian: “Šveitsi Alpid”
  • French: “Alpes suisses”
  • Galician: “Alpes suízos”
  • Georgian: “შვეიცარიის ალპები”
  • German: “Schweizer Alpen”
  • Greek: “Ελβετικές Άλπεις”
  • Hebrew: “האלפים השווייצרים”
  • Hungarian: “Svájci-Alpok”
  • Icelandic: “Svissnesku Alparnir”
  • Italian: “Alpi centrali”
  • Italian: “Alpi svizzere”
  • Japanese: “スイス・アルプス”
  • Korean: “스위스 알프스”
  • Lithuanian: “Šveicarijos Alpės”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei sveitsiske Alpane”
  • Papiamento: “Alpen Suiso”
  • Papiamento: “Alpennan Swiso”
  • Persian: “آلپ سوئیس”
  • Portuguese: “Alpes suíços”
  • Romanian: “Alpii Elvețieni”
  • Romansh: “Alps svizras”
  • Russian: “Швейцарские Альпы”
  • Scots: “Swiss Alps”
  • Serbian: “Швајцарски Алпи”
  • Slovenian: “Švicarske Alpe”
  • Spanish: “Alpes suizos”
  • Swedish: “Schweiziska alperna”
  • Turkish: “İsviçre Alpleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Швейцарські Альпи”
  • Vietnamese: “Alpes Thụy Sĩ”
  • Western Frisian: “Switske Alpen”
  • Western Panjabi: “سوئس الپس”
  • “स्विस आल्प्स”

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