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Mountain pass · Martigny - Saint-Maurice Region · 2,205 m

Col de Balme

Name: Col de Balme
Address: Switzerland

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Col de Balme

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2'563'727E 1'097'346N

46.026678, 6.970219

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46°01'36.0"N 6°58'12.8"E

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32T 342905 5099014

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