Stelvio Pass-Italy
The Stelvio pass is a great alpine road is a mountain passes in northern Italy bordering Switzerland at an elevation of 2,757 m above sea level. It is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps; the pass is located in the Ortler Alps in Italy between Stilfs Stelvio in Italian in South Tyrol and Bormio in the department of Sondrio. It is about 75 km 47 mi from Bolzano and 200 m from the Swiss Boundary. The Umbrail Pass runs northwards from the Stelvio's western ramp, and the Three Languages Peak Dreisprachenspitze exceeding the pass is so named because this is where the Italian, German, and Romansh language-speaking areas meet. Before the end of World War I, it formed the border between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Italian Kingdom.
The road associates the Valtellina with the Vinschgau valley and the town of Meran. Adjoining the pass road there is a large summer traversal area. Nearby mountains involve Thurwieserspitze, Piz Umbrail, Piz Cotschen, and to the east, the ferocious Ortler.