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As late as 1905, the highest pass over the main chain that had a carriage road was the Great St Bernard (2,472 m (8,111 ft)), but three still higher passes over side ridges have roads—the col de 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 ...
road Bözberg: Aargau: Brugg - Frick: 1861 - 1868: 569: 8%: road Brünig: Bern/Obwalden: Meiringen BE - Lungern OW 1008 road Buechenegg: Zürich: Langnau am Albis - Tägerst 786 road Chalet-à-Gobet: Vaud: Lausanne-Moudon 873 road Challhöchi: Basel-Landschaft 848 road Champex: Valais 1470 road Chasseral: Bern: Nods BE - Saint-Imier 1502: 11 ...
The glaciers of the Swiss Alps cover an area of 1,220 square kilometres (470 sq mi) — 3% of the Swiss territory, representing 44% of the total glaciated area in the Alps i.e. 2,800 square kilometres (1,100 sq mi). The Swiss Alps are situated south of the Swiss Plateau and north of the national border.
While smaller groups within the Alps may be easily defined by the passes on either side, defining larger units can be problematic. A traditional divide exists between the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps, which uses the Splügen Pass (Italian: Passo dello Spluga) on the Swiss-Italian border, together with the Rhine to the north and Lake Como in the south as the defining features.
On the Swiss-French border in the Jura between Nyon, Vaud and Morez, France Mont Crosin: 1,227 metres (4,026 ft) In the Jura in the canton of Bern Sattelegg: 1,190 metres (3,900 ft) In the Alps in the canton of Schwyz between Siebnen and Willerzell: Wildhaus: 1,090 metres (3,580 ft) In the Alps in the canton of St. Gallen between Gams and ...
As a federal state, Switzerland is composed of 26 cantons, which are further divided into districts and municipalities. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [23] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. There are considerable differences between ...
County roads in Ohio comprise 29,088 center line miles (46,813 km), making up 24% of the state's public roadways as of April 2015. [2] Ohio state law delegates the maintenance and designation of these county roads to the boards of commissioners and highway departments of its 88 counties. [3]
However, the Siegfried Map offered greater precision than the Dufour Map, by using a scale of 1:25,000 for the Swiss Plateau, the French Prealps, the Jura Mountains and southern Ticino, and a scale of 1:50,000 for other mountain regions and the Swiss Alps.