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== Major Passes == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 10pt; font-size:85%" |- ! Name !! Height !! Countries !! Traversed by !! Remarks |- | [[Colle di Cadibona]] || 436m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Strada Provinciale 81 Italia.svg|x20px|SP81]] [[Strada Provinciale 81 di Vallenzona]] || Pass separates Alps from [[Apennine Mountains]]. |- | [[Colle del Melogno]] || 1028m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Strada Statale 490 Italia.svg|x20px|SS490]] [[Strada Statale 490 del Colle del Melogno]] || |- | [[Colle San Bernardo]] || 957m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Strada Statale 582 Italia.svg|x20px|SS582]] [[Strada Statale 582 del Colle di San Bernardo]] || |- | [[Passo di Prale]] || 1258m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Strada Provinciale 216 Italia.svg|x20px|SP216]] [[Strada Provinciale 216]] || Passes border between Italian regions of [[Piedmont|Piemont]] and [[Liguria]]. |- | [[Colle di Nava]] || 934m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Strada Statale 28 Italia.svg|x20px|SS28]] [[Strada Statale 28 del Colle di Nava]] || |- | [[Colle San Bernardo di Mendatica]] || 1262m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Strada Provinciale 74 Italia.svg|x20px|SP74]] [[Strada Provinciale 74]] <br> [[File:Strada Provinciale 100 Italia.svg|x20px|SP100]] [[Strada Provinciale 100]] || |- | [[Col de Tende]] || 1870m || {{center|1={{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Route nationale française 204.svg|x20px|R204]] [[Route nationale 204]] <br> [[File:Strada Statale 20 Italia.svg|x20px|SS20]] [[Strada Statale 20 del Colle di Tenda e di Valle Roja]] || The [[Col de Tende Road Tunnel]] opened in 1882 runs under the pass. |- | [[Col de la Lombarde]] || 2351m || {{center|1={{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Route départementale française 97.svg|x20px|D97]] [[Route départementale 97]] <br> [[File:Strada Provinciale 255 Italia.svg|x20px|SP255]] [[Strada Provinciale 255]] || |- | [[Col de Larche]] || 1991m || {{center|1={{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Route départementale française 900.svg|x20px|D900]] [[Route départementale 900]] <br> [[File:Strada Statale 21 Italia.svg|x20px|SS21]] [[Strada Statale 21 della Maddalena]] || |- | [[Col Agnel]] || 2744m || {{center|1={{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Route départementale française 205.svg|x20px|D205]] [[Route départementale 205]] <br> [[File:Strada Provinciale 255 Italia.svg|x20px|SP251]] [[Strada Provinciale 251]] || |- | [[Col de Montgenèvre]] || 1860m || {{center|1={{flagicon|France}}}} || [[File:Route nationale française 94.svg|x20px|RN94]] [[Route nationale 94]] || |- | [[Col du Mont Cenis]] || 2081m || {{center|1={{flagicon|France}}}} || [[File:Route nationale française 6.svg|x20px|RN6]] [[Route nationale 6]] || |- | [[Little St Bernard Pass]] || 2188m || {{center|1={{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Route nationale française 90.svg|x20px|RN90]] [[Route nationale 90]] <br> [[File:Strada Statale 26 Italia.svg|x20px|SS26]] [[Strada Statale 26 della Valle d’Aosta]] || |- | [[Great St Bernard Pass]] || 2469m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || [[File:Strada Statale 27 Italia.svg|x20px|SS 27]] [[Strada Statale 27 del Gran San Bernardo]] <br> [[File:Hauptstrasse Nummer 21.svg|x20px|21]] [[Hauptstrasse 21]] || The [[Great St Bernard Tunnel]] opened in 1964 runs under the pass. |- | [[Simplon Pass]] || 2006m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || [[File:Hauptstrasse Nummer 9.svg|x20px|9]] [[Hauptstrasse 9]] || |- | [[Nufenen Pass]] || 2478m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || || Passes border between Swiss cantons of [[Ticino]] and [[Valais]]. |- | [[Gotthard Pass]] || 2106m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || [[File:Hauptstrasse Nummer 2.svg|x20px|2]] [[Hauptstrasse 2]] || |- | [[Lukmanier Pass]] || 1917m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} ||[[Hauptstrasse 416]] || Passes border between Swiss cantons of [[Grisons]] and [[Ticino]]. <br> The [[Gotthard Base Tunnel]] opened in 2016 runs under the pass. |- | [[San Bernardino Pass]] || 2066m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || [[File:Hauptstrasse Nummer 13.svg|x20px|13]] [[Hauptstrasse 13]] || The [[San Bernardino Tunnel]] opened in 1967 runs under the pass. |- | [[Splügen Pass]] || 2114m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || [[File:Strada Statale 36 Italia.svg|x20px|SS36]] [[Strada Statale 36 del Lago di Como e dello Spluga]] <br> [[Hauptstrasse 567]] || |- | [[Maloja Pass]] || 1812m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || [[File:Hauptstrasse Nummer 3.svg|x20px|3]] [[Hauptstrasse 3]] || |- | [[Bernina Pass]] || 2328m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || [[File:Hauptstrasse Nummer 29.svg|x20px|29]] [[Hauptstrasse 29]] <br> [[Bernina railway line]] || |- | [[Livigno Pass]] || 2315m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || || |- | [[Foscagno Pass]] || 2291m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:Strada Statale 301 Italia.svg|x20px|SS301]] [[Strada Statale 301]] || |- | [[Fuorn Pass]] || 2149m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Switzerland}}}} || [[File:Hauptstrasse Nummer 28.svg|x20px|28]] [[Hauptstrasse 28]] || |- | [[Reschen Pass]] || 1504m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:B180-AT.svg|x20px|25]] [[Reschenstraße]] <br/> [[File:Strada Statale 40 Italia.svg|x20px|SP44]] [[Strada Statale 40 di Resia]] || |- | [[Timmelsjoch]] || 2474m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[Timmelsjoch#Timmelsjoch Hochalpenstrasse|Timmelsjoch-Hochalpenstraße]] <br/> [[File:Strada Statale 44bis Italia.svg|x20px|SS38]] [[Strada Statale 44 bis Passo del Rombo]] || |- || [[Brennerpass]] || 1370m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Italy}}}} || [[File:A13-AT.svg|x20px|13]] [[Brenner Autobahn]] <br/> [[File:B182-AT.svg|x20px|25]] [[Brennerstraße]] <br/> [[File:Autostrada A22 Italia.svg|x20px|A22]] [[Autostrada A22 (Italy)|Autostrada A22]] <br/> [[File:Strada Statale 12 Italia.svg|x20px|SP44]] [[Strada Statale 12 dell'Abetone e del Brennero]] <br/> [[Brenner Railway]] || |- | [[Grossglockner High Alpine Road|Hochtor]] || 2504m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || [[Grossglockner High Alpine Road|Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße]] || Passes border between Austrian states of [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] and [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]]. |- | [[Radstädter Tauern Pass]] || 1738m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || [[File:B99-AT.svg|x20px|99]] [[Katschberg Straße]] || |- | [[Triebener Tauern Pass]] || 1274m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || [[File:B114-AT.svg|x20px|114]] [[Triebener Straße]] || |- | [[Schober Pass]] || 849m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || [[File:A9-AT.svg|x20px|9]] [[Pyhrn Autobahn]] <br> [[File:B113-AT.svg|x20px|113]] [[Schoberpass Straße]] <br> [[Rudolf Railway]] || |- | [[Präbichl]] || 1226m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || [[File:B115-AT.svg|x20px|115]] [[Landesstraße 115]] || |- | [[Lahn Saddle]] || 1006m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || [[File:B23-AT.svg|x20px|23]] [[Lahnsattel Straße]] || |- | [[Ochsattel]] || 820m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || [[File:B21-AT.svg|x20px|21]] [[Gutensteiner Straße]] || |- | [[Gerichtsberg Pass]] || 581m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || [[File:B18-AT.svg|x20px|18]] [[Hainfelder Straße]] || |- | [[Klammhöhe]] || 618m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || || |- | [[Riederberg (Wienerwald)]] || 384m || {{center|1={{flagicon|Austria}}}} || || |}
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