Gampen Pass Explained

Gampen Pass
Elevation M:1518
Traversed:SS238
Map:Alps
Label:Gampen Pass
Coords:46.5303°N 11.1119°W
Location:Italy
Range:Tyrol

Gampen Pass (German: link=no|Gampenpass, Gampenjoch, Italian: Passo delle Palade); (1,518 m) is a high mountain pass in the South Tyrol, northern Italy. It connects the Adige valley and the Non Valley. The pass is open year-round. The pass road has a maximum gradient of 9%.From 1810 until 1815, the pass was on the border of the Italian state founded by Napoleon and the Kingdom of Bavaria to the north.

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