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  Saint Gotthard - Encyclopedia.com
Saint Gotthard, mountain group of the Lepontine Alps, S central Switzerland, rising to Pizzo Rotondo (10,472 ft/3,192 m high).
It is crossed by the Saint Gotthard Pass, 6,935 ft (2,114 m) high.
The Saint Gotthard Road Tunnel was opened in 1980; 10.2 mi (16.4 km) long and with a capacity of 1,500 vehicles per hour, it has greatly improved road transportation between Switzerland and Italy.
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  St. Gotthard Pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gotthard Pass (Italian: San Gottardo) is a pass (2108 m) in Switzerland at 46°33.3′N 8°33.9′E, between Airolo, Ticino, and Andermatt, Canton of Uri, connecting the northern (German speaking) part of Switzerland with the Italian-speaking part Ticino, and the route onwards to Milan.
Though the pass was locally known in Antiquity, it was not generally used until the early 13th century, because it involved fording the turbulent Schöllen, swollen with snowmelt during the early summer, in the narrow steep-sided Schöllenen Gorge, below Andermatt.
Gotthard Tunnel opened in 1882 for railway traffic at a cost of 727 workers' lives and replaced the pass road.
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 The Alpentourer - European Alpine Passes overview for motorbike travellers
From the northern border, the village Glarus, the region reaches down to the North of Ticino county.Eastern border runs along the San Bernardino pass road and the western border is formed by the upper Valais county (Goms).
Norther border ist the southern end of the Nufenen pass and the Saint Gotthard pass in the village Airolo.
Eastern bounded by the lake Lago die Como and the southern end of the Maloja pass and the Spluegen pass in Chiavenna.
www.alpentourer.com /alpine_passes   (829 words)

  
 Saint Gotthard Pass - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Saint Gotthard Pass - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Saint Gotthard Pass, important transport route through the Saint Gotthard mountains in the Lepontine Alps, south-central Switzerland.
Gotthard, Saint, mountain group, south central Switzerland, in the Lepontine Alps, in the cantons of Valais, Uri, Ticino, and Graubünden.
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