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The chief peaks of the Albula Range of the Alps, from the Splugen Pass to the Fluela Pass, north and west of the Val Bregaglia and of the Engadine, are: The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. ... Lej da Segl and Lej da Silvaplauna, Upper Engadin Piz Roseg and Vadret da Roseg as seen from Fuorcla Surlej The Engadin is a high-lying east-west valley in the south of the Inn River in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, famous for its sunny climate and...

Name Elevation
Name Elevation
Piz Kesch 3422 meters 11'228 feet
Pizzo Stella 3162 meters 10'375 feet
Piz dellas Calderas 3393 meters 11'132 feet
Fluela Schwarzhorn 3156 meters 10'355 feet
Piz Platta 3386 meters 11'109 feet
Pizzo della Duana 3133 meters 10'279 feet
Piz Julier 3385 meters 11'106 feet
Pizzo Gallegione 3109 meters 10'201 feet
Piz d'Err 3381 meters 11'093 feet
Gletscherhorn 3106 meters 10'191 feet
Piz d'Aela 3340 meters 10'959 feet
Cima di Lago 3082 meters 10'112 feet
Cima da Flex 3287 meters 10'785 feet
Hoch Ducan 3066 meters 10'060 feet
Piz Uertsch 3273 meters 10'739 feet
Piz Grisch 3048 meters 10'000 feet
Piz Forbisch 3258 meters 10'689 feet
Averser Weissberg 3044 meters 9987 feet
Piz Ot 3251 meters 10'667 feet
Surettahorn 3039 meters 9971 feet
Gross Piz Vadret 3226 meters 10'584 feet
Arosa Rothhorn 2985 meters 9794 feet
Piz Timun or Emet 3201 meters 10'502 feet
Piz Curver 2975 meters 9761 feet
Tinzenhorn 3179 meters 10'430 feet
Pizzo Lunghino 2780 meters 9121 feet
Piz Michel 3163 meters 10'378 feet
Stätzerhorn 2576 meters 8450 feet

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1 km and 10 km (103 and 104 m). ...

List of passes

The chief passes of the Albula Range, from the Splugen Pass to the Fluela Pass, north and west of the Val Bregaglia and of the Engadine, are: In a mountain range, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, or bealach) is a lower point that allows easier access through the range. ...

Note: road status as of 1911.
Mountain pass location type (as of 1911) elevation
Fuorcla Calderas Molins to Bevers snow 3130 meters 10'270 feet
Fuorcla d'Eschia Madulein to Bergün snow 3008 meters 9869 feet
Passo della Duana Avers Valley to the Val Bregaglia snow 2800 meters 9187 feet
Sertig Pass Davos to Scanfs foot path 2762 meters 9062 feet
Forcella di Prassignola Avers Valley to Soglio old paved cattle path 2720 meters 8924 feet
Tinzenthor Bergün to Savognino foot path 2718 meters 8918 feet
Forcella di Lago or Madris Pass Avers Valley to Chiavenna foot path 2680 meters 8793 feet
Forcellina Avers Valley to the Septimer Pass foot path 2673 meters 8770 feet
Ducan Pass Davos to Bergün foot path 2671 meters 8763 feet
Passo di Lei Avers Valley to Chiavenna foot path 2659 meters 8724 feet
Forcella di Lunghino Maloja to the Septimer Pass foot path 2635 meters 8645 feet
Scaletta Pass Davos to Scanfs bridle path 2619 meters 8593 feet
Suvretta Pass St Moritz to Bevers bridle path 2618 meters 8590 feet
Fuorcla d'Alp Fontauna Bergün to Scanfs foot path 2615 meters 8580 feet
Stallerberg Avers Valley to Bivio-Stalla foot path 2584 meters 8478 feet
Grialetsch Pass Davos to Sus foot path 2546 meters 8353 feet
Flüela Pass Davos to Susch carriage road 2389 meters 7838 feet
Strela Pass Davos to Langwies bridle path 2377 meters 7799 feet
Albula Pass Bergün to La Punt-Chamues-ch carriage road over, railway tunnel beneath 2315 meters 7595 feet
Septimer Pass Bivio-Stalla to Casaccia bridle path 2311 meters 7582 feet
Julier Pass Thusis to Silvaplana carriage road 2287 meters 7504 feet
Passo di Madesimo or d'Emet Avers Valley to Madesimo foot path 2280 meters 7481 feet

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Weissflujoch Davos (population 13,000) is a town in eastern Switzerland, in the canton Graubünden, on the Landwasser River. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ( 1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...


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Albula Range - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (93 words)
The Albula Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland.
The Albula Range is drained by the rivers Albula, Julia, Landwasser and Inn.
The Albula Range is crossed by one railway tunnel, under the Albula Pass.
Albula Line 2 for MSTS (2726 words)
Albula I Viaduct and Rugnux Tunnel: This snowy autumn view in late afternoon on the Albula I Viaduct shows the Albula River at left (not yet frozen), and the entrance to the helicoidal Rugnux Tunnel at right.
Albula I and II Viaducts, and the leaning viaduct: This downhill view in winter (with frozen river) shows the relatively small Albula I Viaduct (59 m long, 11 m high) in the depth of the Albula River valley.
Albula III and IV Viaducts: Downhill view toward the Albula III Viaduct through an arch of the Albula IV Viaduct (44 m long, 22 m high), on which you see Zander's Ge 6/6 II pull a string of MartĂ­nek's panorama cars.
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