Col de Bretolet

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Col de Bretolet
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Compass direction west east
Pass height 1923  m above sea level M.
region Department Haute-Savoie , France Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Watershed Dranse de la Manche ( Dranse de Morzine , Dranse , Rhone ) Torrent de Barme ( Vièze / Rhone )
Mountains Valais Alps
particularities Bird observatory
Map (Valais)
Col de Bretolet (Canton of Valais)
Col de Bretolet
Coordinates , ( CH ) 46 ° 8 '34 "  N , 6 ° 47' 45"  O ( 550 329  /  110348 ) coordinates: 46 ° 8 '34 "  N , 6 ° 47' 45"  O ; CH1903:  550 329  /  110348

The Col de Bretolet is a 1923  m above sea level. M. high mountain pass on the border between France and Switzerland . It is located in the Valais Alps and connects the canton of Valais with the Haute-Savoie department . At the western end of the Val d'Illiez above the village of Champéry , the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach has been operating a ringing station here since 1958 . The focus of the research work is the migration of birds, but also the seasonal migration of bats and insects across the Alps.

There is no crossing over the pass. Access to the ornithological station is from the Col de Cou to the north .

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