Key facts
- Elevation
- 2,757 m (9,045 ft)
- Traversed by
- Strada Statale 38
- Location
- Border of South Tyrol , and Sondrio provinces , Italy
- Range
- Eastern Alps
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Encyclopedic overview
The Stelvio Pass (Italian: Passo dello Stelvio [ˈpasso dello ˈstɛlvjo, - ˈstelvjo] or Giogo dello Stelvio [ˈdʒoːɡo dello ˈstɛlvjo, - ˈstelvjo]; German: Stilfser Joch [ˈʃtɪlfsɐ ˈjɔx]) is a mountain pass in northern Italy bordering Switzerland at an elevation of 2,757 m (9,045 ft) above sea level. It is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, 7 m (23 ft) below France's Col de l'Iseran (2,764 m (9,068 ft)).
Location
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stelvio Pass” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.