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    Umbrail Pass (in Italian: Giogo di Santa Maria) is a high mountain pass (elevation 2,501 m or 8,205 ft) on the Swiss-Italian border connecting Santa Maria...
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    Müstair in the north by the Umbrail Pass on Stelvio's western ramp. The "Three Languages Peak" (Dreisprachenspitze) above the pass is so named because this...
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    l'Iseran, the Stelvio Pass (2,760 m (9,040 ft)), the Col du Galibier (2,658 m (8,721 ft)), in the Dauphiné Alps, and the Umbrail Pass (2,512 m (8,242 ft))...
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    four passes: South Tyrol via the Stelvio Pass Val Müstair via the Umbrail Pass Livigno via the Foscagno Pass Ponte di Legno via the Gavia Pass Due to...
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    Italy Tremalzo Pass Umbrail Pass Wurzen Pass Vršič Pass – Slovenia * Bocca Trabaria pass Bocca Serriola pass Bocchetta Pass Calla pass Colle di Cadibona...
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    begun as a local conflict over the control of the Val Müstair and the Umbrail Pass in the Grisons soon got out of hand when both parties called upon their...
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    Piz Umbrail (3,033 m) is a mountain of the Ortler Alps, south of the Umbrail Pass (2,503 m), located on the border between Lombardy (Italy) and Graubünden...
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  • Pordoi Cable Car, or the 3,033 metres (9,951 ft) high Piz Umbrail, accessible from the Umbrail Pass. Amongst the highest easy three-thousanders in the Alps...
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    occurring around the Dreisprachen Piz (Three Languages Peak), near the Stelvio Pass. Switzerland had an outpost and a hotel (which was destroyed as it was used...
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    stomach problems and had to take a comfort break at the foot of the Umbrail Pass; none of the other contenders waited for Dumoulin and he finished more...
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    stomach problems and had to take a comfort break at the foot of the Umbrail Pass; none of the other contenders waited for Dumoulin and he finished more...
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    through it the Spaniards in Milan could communicate by the Umbrail Pass and the Stelvio Pass with the Austrians in Tirol). From 1620 to 1639, control over...
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    Ortler Alps are separated from: the Sesvenna Alps in the north by the Ofen Pass and the Val Müstair the Livigno Alps in the southwest by the Passo di Fraéle...
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    other inhabited connected valleys, but the road over the Umbrail Pass (and the Stelvio Pass) is connected with Sta. Maria. The largest part of the valley...
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    of which both ends are connected to the main European road network are indicated as "Pass". Swisstopo topographic maps (1:25,000) Quäldich.de (German)...
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  • paved pass in each European country. List of highest paved roads in Europe List of highest points of European countries List of mountain passes Transport...
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  • Thumbnail for Tom Dumoulin
    stomach problems and had to take a comfort break at the foot of the Umbrail Pass; none of the other contenders waited for Dumoulin and he finished more...
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    in Zürich were moved farther away from the German border, to the Gotthard Pass and to Bern. Many billions of Swiss francs have been invested in building...
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    Maximilian's strategic objective in this war was the control of the Umbrail Pass. Until April 1499, a large Habsburg army with troops from the Swabian...
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    Foscagno Pass Maloja Pass Reschen Pass Splügen Pass Stelvio Pass Umbrail Pass Wolfgang Pass Highest summit elevation as reported on Swiss Federal Office of...
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    Punta Rosa, is a mountain of the Ortler Alps, overlooking both the Umbrail and Stelvio Pass. Its summit is located within the Swiss canton of Graubünden, near...
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    list of mountain passes in Switzerland. They are generally situated in the Jura Mountains or in the Swiss Alps. List of highest road passes in Switzerland...
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    touching Piz Murtaröl, Piz Tea Fondada, Piz Schumbraida, Piz Umbrail until it reaches the pass road connecting Vinschgau with the Valtellina and Stilfserjoch...
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    This is a list of the highest road passes in Switzerland. It includes passes in the Alps and the Jura Mountains that are over 1,000 metres (3,281 feet)...
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  • Superga (Milano–Torino) Tonale Pass Tre Cime di Lavaredo Passo del Turchino Umbrail Pass Vajolet Towers Vivione Pass Monte Zoncolan (Giro d'Italia) Cauberg...
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    2010-07-11. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Umbrail Pass (2,501 m). Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation...
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    (now Val Müstair municipality) of the Inn district. It is along the Umbrail pass road. It consists of the cross-shaped village of Sta. Maria Val Müstair...
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    Venini di Oga, which had been built between 1908 and 1912 to defend the passes of the Upper Valtellina. However, it would require some effort to remove...
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    List of highest paved roads in Europe (category Mountain passes of the Alps)
    road there is often a sign that indicates the name and the elevation of the pass/hill/summit. The sign may, though, indicate a wrong elevation, being usually...
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    maps often provide heights for where a route passes over a ridge rather than for the lowest point of that pass. Finally, many height indications on these...
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