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Grimsel Pass

mountain pass across the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, between the Rhone valley and the Haslital
Place Mountain Pass Q666668

Facts

9 properties

Identity

Instance of
mountain pass

Location

Country
Switzerland[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 46.562°, 8.345°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Canton of Berne, Canton of Valais[1][2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+2164[6]
More facts +4
Described by source
Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[4]
Different from
Saddle of Grimsel Pass[5]
Mountain range
Bernese Alps[8]
Name
Grimselpass[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Grimsel Pass cs Grimselpass da Grimselpasset de Grimsel es Paso de Grimsel fi Grimselpass fi Grimselin sola fi Grimselinsola fi Grimselsola fr col du Grimsel fr Grimsel fr Grimselpass he מעבר גרימזל it Grimselpass it Passo del Grimsel ja グリムゼル峠 ko 그림젤 고개 nl Grimselpas pt Colo de Grimsel pt Colo do Grimsel
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
89144647637359345490, 241458504
GND ID
4094014-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
VS-65-06.jpg ↗
Cent cols ID
CH-BE-2165b
Freebase ID
/m/05qjk9
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2552298
GeoNames ID
2660501
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1108416
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Grimselpass
HDS ID
008851
IVS ID
BE00170000, VS00040000
IdRef ID
16180229X
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Museum-digital place ID
1590
📚 Sources · 1
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Canton of Valais, Canton of Berne
Country 1
Switzerland
Instance of 1
mountain pass
Mountain range 1
Bernese Alps
Named after 1
grimselite
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Grimsel Pass include grimselite[9], a mineral species[10].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Grimsel Pass include grimselite[9], a mineral species[10].

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . s.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved . s.geo.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . s.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved . s.geo.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 14w ago · Superp · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → 2,164 metre
    Instance of → mountain pass
    Described by source → Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Canton of Berne, Canton of Valais
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Cent cols ID: CH-BE-2165b"
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