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Adula (bivalve)
Adula may refer to *The Adula Alps *Rheinwaldhorn The Rheinwaldhorn () is the highest point in the Swiss canton of Ticino at 3,402 metres above sea level. It lies on the border between the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino, in the Adula massif, part of the St. Gotthard massif of the Adula Alp ..., a mountain called in Italian "l'Adula" * Adula Formation, a geological formation in China {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adula Alps
The Adula Alps, also known as the West Graubünden and Misox Alps, are a western Alpine mountain group, the part of the Lepontine Alps from the Lukmanier Pass, Lukmanier and St Gotthard Passes to the Splügen Pass. They lie mostly in Switzerland, in the Cantons of Ticino, Grisons, Graubünden, and Canton of Uri, Uri, and partly in Italy, in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy, stretching south to Lake Como. They form subsection 10B of the Alps, according to the ''Partizione delle Alpi'', and subsection 10 III, according to the unified Orography, orographic classification of the Alps by :it:Sergio Marazzi, Sergio Marazzi (SOIUSA). A string of mountains of the Adula stand on the international border between Switzerland and Italy, including Pizzo Tambò, Piz di Pian, Cima de Pian Guarnei (Pizzo Quadro), Cime di Val Loga, Piz Tamborello, Piz della Forcola, Pizzaccio, and Cima dello Stagn, while Pizzo Ferré is near the border on the Italian side. The mountain guides of the Swiss A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheinwaldhorn
The Rheinwaldhorn () is the highest point in the Swiss canton of Ticino at 3,402 metres above sea level. It lies on the border between the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino, in the Adula massif, part of the St. Gotthard massif of the Adula Alps in southern Switzerland. The mountain is known by different names, in German as ''Rheinwaldhorn'' or ''Adulahorn'', in Italian as ''l'Adula'' or ''Piz Valrhein'',Bergseen der italienischen Schweiz laghettialpini.ch. Retrieved on 2010-02-09 in Romansh as ''Piz Valragn''. The group of the snowy peaks lying between the two principal branches of the Rhine were known in the Middle Ages by the names ''Mons Aquila'' or ''Mons Avium''. From the Romansh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
