Tambogroup

Tambogroup
Group on the south-eastern edge of the Western Alps
The Tambohorn beyond the Hinterrhein Valley.
Highest peak	Tambohorn ( 3279  m above sea level )
location	Switzerland / Italy border area
part of	Western alps
Coordinates	733 751  /  114856 coordinates: 46 ° 10 '  N , 9 ° 10'  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred thirty-three thousand seven hundred fifty-one  /  114856
surface	2,600 km²

The Tambogruppe is a mountain group in the border area between Switzerland and Italy . It is located in the southeast of the Western Alps and extends to the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino , as well as the Lombard provinces of Varese , Como and Sondrio .

Location & area

The area is bounded (clockwise from the north) by the Hinterrhein , Hüscherenbach , Splügenpass , Liro , Mera , eastern arm of Lake Como , the Po plain , Lake Maggiore , Ticino , Moësa and the San Bernardino Pass and covers an area of 2600 km ² .

If the group is limited by two large northern Italian lakes , Lake Lugano is in between. From here a long, uninterrupted chain stretches northwards, which always forms the border between Switzerland in the west and Italy in the east, to the eponymous Pizzo Tambo , where, together with the main Alpine ridge, it turns towards the Splügen Pass . It is, so to speak, the central point of the Alps, because on this saddle the north-south running west-east Alps border and the west-east running ridge line between the north and south Alps intersect. This is an early historical transition.

The north-south expansion of the group is considerable, as it extends from the Rhine forest north of the main Alpine ridge ( watershed ) to the Po Valley .

Groups & summits

The tambo group is divided into the following seven subgroups:

• Tambo-Curciusa-Group with the Pizzo Tambo (Tambohorn) 3279  m above sea level. M.
• Piz Pombi chain with the Piz Corbet 3,025  m above sea level. M.
• Pizzo-Paglia-Gruppe with the Pizzo-Paglia 2593  m above sea level. M.
• Camogè-Támaro group with the Monte Tamaro 1960  m above sea level. M.
• Varese foothills with the Monte Campo dei Fiori 1227  m above sea level. M.
• Generoso-Intelvi Group with Monte Generoso 1701  m above sea level. M.
• Alta Brianza with Monte San Primo 1682  m above sea level. M.

Valleys & places

The dividing valleys are relatively short throughout, so there are only a few places in the interior of the mountain range, such as Lugano and Porlezza ; on its edge are Splügen , Lecco , Como , Varese , Luino and Bellinzona . Its lowest point is on the shores of Lake Maggiore at 193  m slm , which is a difference to the highest of 3086 m.

Web links

Commons : Tambo group  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Evidence & Notes

1. ^ ^{A b} Ernst Höhne: Knaur's Lexicon for Mountain Friends / The Alps between Matterhorn and Lake Constance . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-426-26223-1 , p. 272 ff .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Assigned to the Adula Alps according to SOIUSA & Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) .
3. ^ Assigned to the Glarus Alps according to SOIUSA & SAC .
4. ↑ ^{a b} According to SOIUSA & SAC assigned to the Vares Prealps (SOIUSA) as part of the Lugano Prealps (SOIUSA) .
5. ↑ ^{a b} Assigned to the Comer Prealps (SOIUSA) according to SOIUSA & SAC .