Furkajoch

Furkajoch
	View of the Furkajoch from the east
Pass height	1759 m above sea level A.
state	Vorarlberg , Austria
expansion	Street
Winter closure	Yes
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	Map (Vorarlberg)
Coordinates	47 ° 16 '0 " N , 9 ° 49' 58" E Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '0 " N , 9 ° 49' 58" E

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The Furkajoch is a mountain pass (pass height 1759 m above sea level , up to 14% gradient) in the Alps ( Eastern Alps , Northern Limestone Alps ). It is located in Austria (state of Vorarlberg ) and connects the valley of the Bregenzer Ach ( Bregenzerwald ) near Damüls with the valley of the Frutz ( Laternsertal ) near Laterns .

The Furkajoch ( Italian forca , mountain pass, name with Rhaeto-Romanic roots) is a pass crossing with old but purely local significance. The pass path was made correspondingly simple and, until recently, was little more than a natural path. Only a few years ago a modern, narrow street was built over the Furkajoch, the state road L 51 Laternser Straße Rankweil - Laterns - Damüls . The route is popular with motorcyclists and is closed in winter.

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View in east direction over the Ladritschertobel towards Oberdamüls on the opposite slope: Portlahorn on the left , Glatthorn on the right with the Damülser Horn pre-summit

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View in west direction into the Laternsertal and the Walserkamm

Web links

Commons : Furkajoch - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ ÖK 50 , www.austrianmap.at , Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria, Austrian map.
^ Steffan Bruns: Alpine passes . The passes between Lake Constance and Lake Como. tape 2 . L. Staackmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88675-281-2 , p. 29 .

[1] ÖK 50 , www.austrianmap.at , Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria, Austrian map.

[SB_ALPENPAESSE-2] Steffan Bruns: Alpine passes . The passes between Lake Constance and Lake Como. tape 2 . L. Staackmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88675-281-2 , p. 29 .