Cadagno di Dentro
District of
Canton Ticino - Switzerland

Gotthard Base Tunnel

The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is a railway tunnel beneath the Swiss Alps expected to open in 2016. With a route length of 57 km and a total of 151.84 km of tunnels, shafts and passages, it is the world's longest rail tunnel, surpassing the Seikan Tunnel in Japan.

Located at 46.6, 8.765 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.263 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Ticino, Rail transport in Switzerland, Railway tunnels in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the canton of Uri, Proposed tunnels in Switzerland, Ticino–Uri border, Buildings and structures in Graubünden

Mettlen–Lavorgo powerline

The Mettlen–Lavorgo powerline, also called the Lukmanier powerline, is the 400 kV three-phase alternating current high voltage electric power transmission line over the Lukmanier Pass in Switzerland, from Mettlen to Lavorgo. Trees falling on the line in 2003 caused a major blackout in Italy.

Located at 46.572, 8.79 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.261 miles away.
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Electric power lines, Electric power infrastructure in Switzerland

Valascia

Valascia is an indoor sporting arena located in Ambrì, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena is 7,000 and was built in 1959. It is the home arena of the HC Ambri-Piotta ice hockey team of the Swiss Hockey League. The ends of arena are open air, making a hockey being played there partially outdoor.

Located at 46.5092, 8.69194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland

Lake Cadagno

Lake Cadagno is a meromictic lake in the Piora valley, Switzerland. As one of a few meromictic lakes in Europe, it is the object of numerous scientific studies. The Piora valley - located in the Gotthard massif (central Swiss Alps) in the Southern part of Switzerland near Airolo at an altitude of 2000 m above sea level - is a landlocked alpine valley whose scientific value has been recognized for more than two centuries. In the past, the lake was used as a reservoir.

Located at 46.5497, 8.71139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.259 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino, Meromictic lakes, Reservoirs in Switzerland

Lago del Sambuco

Lago del Sambuco is a reservoir above Fusio, in the municipality of Lavizzara, Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.11 km². The dam of Sambuco on the Maggia River was completed in 1956. Its maximum height is 130 m and length 363 m.

Located at 46.4633, 8.65056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.253 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino, Reservoirs in Switzerland, Arch dams

Lago Ritom

Lago Ritom is a small lake in the Piora valley, Ticino, Switzerland. The natural lake is used as a reservoir by the Swiss Federal Railways to generate hydro-electric power for the Gotthard line. The first dam was built in 1918 and, in 1950, its height was increased by 23 m. The lake can be reached by funicular from Piotta 786 m below. The track with a length of 1369 m has a maximum inclination of 87.8%, the highest in Europe. The lake's surface area is 1.49 km² at an elevation of 1850 m.

Located at 46.54, 8.68917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.258 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino, Reservoirs in Switzerland

Lai da Sontga Maria

Lai da Sontga Maria is a lake, located north of the Lukmanier Pass in Switzerland. It lies almost entirely in the municipality of Medel, a tiny fraction of the south-west part of the lake belonging to the municipalities of Quinto and Blenio. The reservoir has a surface area is 1.77 km². The arch dam Santa Maria was completed in 1968. The main road of the Lukmanier Pass runs along the eastern shore of the lake.

Located at 46.575, 8.79583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of Graubünden, Lakes of Ticino, Reservoirs in Switzerland, Graubünden–Ticino border

Lai da Nalps

Lai da Nalps is a reservoir in the municipality of Tujetsch, Grisons, Switzerland. It has a capacity of 45 million m³ and a surface area of 0.91 km². The reservoir is connected to Lai da Sontga Maria and Lai da Curnera in neighboring valleys.

Located at 46.6325, 8.76333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.265 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of Graubünden, Reservoirs in Switzerland

Lago di Morghirolo

Lago di Morghirolo is a lake in Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 9.25 ha. The lake can be reached by foot from Dalpe or Polpiano.

Located at 46.4491, 8.719 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.252 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino

Lai da Curnera

Lai da Curnera is a reservoir in the municipality of Tujetsch, in the Grisons, Switzerland. The reservoir is linked to Lai da Sontga Maria and Lai da Nalps in the neighboring valley. The lake's volume is 41.1 mio m³ and its surface area 0.81 km². All surrounding rivers are diverted into the reservoir, among them the Rein da Tuma, coming from Lai da Tuma, near the Oberalp Pass and known as the source of the river Rhine.

Located at 46.6267, 8.71361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.264 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Reservoirs in Switzerland, Lakes of Graubünden

Lago Tremorgio

Lago Tremorgio is a mountain lake above Rodi and Fiesso, in the municipality of Prato Leventina in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.39 km². The lake can be reached by aerial cable car from Rodi.

Located at 46.4792, 8.72028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.254 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino

Tomasee

Tomasee is a lake at the northern face of Piz Badus, above the village of Tschamut in Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2.5 ha. It is the source of the Anterior Rhine and is deemed to be the official source of the Rhine . It is possible to reach the lake on a path from Oberalp Pass, suitable for most walkers although still a mountain trail.

Located at 46.6325, 8.67222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.264 miles away.
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Rivers of Switzerland, Alpine Rhine basin, Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of Graubünden, Visitor attractions in Switzerland

Lago di Tom

Lago di Tom is a lake in the Piora Valley, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.13 km².

Located at 46.5506, 8.68944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.259 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino

Prato, Vallemaggia

Prato is a village and former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Prato was a municipality of its own until 1864, when it merged with its neighbor Sornico to form the new municipality Prato-Sornico. In turn, Prato-Sornico municipality merged with its neighbors in 2004 to form a new and larger municipality Lavizzara.

Located at 46.4667, 8.75 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.254 miles away.
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Former municipalities of Ticino, Villages in Switzerland

Ambrì

Ambrì is a town in the municipality of Quinto, Leventina, Switzerland. Other towns close to Ambrì includes Piotta, Airolo and Fiesso.

Located at 46.5, 8.68333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Villages in Ticino

Ambri Airport

Ambri Airport is a Swiss general aviation airport. It located near the village of Ambri, in the municipality of Quinto and the canton of Ticino. Ambri serves the surrounding area and is home to a gliding school, a helicopter base and has sufficiency for VFR flying. The airport is situated in the steep-sided alpine valley of the Ticino river. It is flanked to the north by the A2 motorway and the river, and to the south by the Gotthard railway and the villages of Ambri and Piotta.

Located at 46.5131, 8.68944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Airports in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in Ticino

Rein da Tuma

The Rein da Tuma is a river in Switzerland, in the Canton of Graubünden. It rises east of the Rossbodenstock with two or three mountain streams, that flow across the Tuma Alp into the Lake Toma . Before they reach the lake, they flow through a plane and form small meanders. The Rein da Tuma flows out of Lake Toma on the north east and flows as Anterior Rhine past the village of Tschamut in the municipality of Tujetsch.

Located at 46.6367, 8.66028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.265 miles away.
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Rivers of Europe, Rhine, Alpine Rhine basin, Rivers of Switzerland

Rein da Medel

The Rein da Medel is the longest headwater of the Rhine. It is located in the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Graubünden and flows trough the valleys Val Cadlimo and Val Medel. Rein da Medel is the local Sursilvan, name in Graubünden, which is commonly used to denote the Ticino part as well. The most important places along the river are the villages Curaglia and Platta in the municipality of Medel.

Located at 46.5694, 8.69556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.260 miles away.
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Rhine, Rivers of Europe

Rein da Curnera

The Rein da Curnera is a right tributary of the Anterior Rhine and one of the main tributaries of the Rhine. It is fed from multiple sources and glaciers at the southern end of the valley. The river is about 8 kilometers long and flows north through the Val Curnera. Approximately in the middle of its route, a dam was constructed by Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG (the local hydropower company). At this point, the Rein da Curnera takes up a left tributary, the Rein da Maighels.

Located at 46.5817, 8.71528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.261 miles away.
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Rhine, Rivers of Europe, Rivers of Switzerland, Geography of Graubünden

Rein da Maighels

The Rein da Maighels is one of the main tributaries of the Rhine and is a tributary to the Rein da Curnera. The firm Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG has built a hydropower dam creating a reservoir, called the Lai da Curnera, into which both rivers now flow. The origin of the Rein da Maighels is the Maghels Glacier (Romansh: Glatscher da Maighels) on the Piz Ravetsch near the point where the cantons of Graubünden, Ticino and Uri meet.

Located at 46.5874, 8.69247 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Rhine, Rivers of Europe, Rivers of Switzerland

Faido railway station

Faido is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Faido. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel. The station is served by an hourly InterRegio train between Locarno and Arth-Goldau, which continues alternately either to Basel SBB or to Zürich HB, and by a small number of trains on line S10 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO), which operate between Airolo and Chiasso.

Located at 46.4825, 8.79033 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.255 miles away.
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Railway stations in Ticino, Swiss Federal Railways stations, Ticino rapid transit railway stations

Airolo railway station

Airolo is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Airolo. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the southern entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel. The station is served by an hourly InterRegio train between Locarno and Arth-Goldau, which continues alternately either to Basel SBB or to Zürich HB, and by a small number of trains on line S10 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO), which operate between Airolo and Chiasso.

Located at 46.5271, 8.6086 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.257 miles away.
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Railway stations in Ticino, Swiss Federal Railways stations, Ticino rapid transit railway stations, Airolo

Ambrì-Piotta railway station

Ambrì-Piotta is an infrequently served railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Quinto. It takes its name from the nearby communities of Ambrì and Piotta. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel. The station is served by a few trains on line S10 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO), which operate southbound to Bellinzona, Lugano and Chiasso, and northbound to Airolo.

Located at 46.5104, 8.69053 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Railway stations in Ticino, Swiss Federal Railways stations, Ticino rapid transit railway stations

Piotta, Switzerland

Piotta is a village in the municipality of Quinto in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Piotta is the location of the base station of the Funicolare del Ritom. Along with the neighbouring village of Ambrì, Piotta is served by the infrequently served Ambrì-Piotta railway station on the Gotthard railway.

Located at 46.5124, 8.67285 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Villages in Ticino

Ritom funicular

The Ritom funicular (Italian: Funicolare del Ritom) is a funicular railway in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It links a lower terminus at Piotta, in the valley of the Ticino River near the southern portal of the Gotthard Tunnel, with an upper terminus at Piora, a 1 kilometre walk from Ritom Lake.

Located at 46.5171, 8.67524 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.257 miles away.
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Funicular railways in Switzerland, Metre gauge railways in Switzerland, Transport in Ticino, Railway lines opened in 1921