Alps A-Z

For each letter A-Z, name the alpine geographical answer.
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A
Longest glacier
Aletsch Glacier
B
Highest mountain
Mont Blanc
C
Mountain resort home of the 1956 Olympics
Cortina d'Ampezzo
D
Famous region where C is located
Dolomites
E
Bernese mountain with en emblematic 1800 meters tall north face
Eiger
F
Swiss pass where James Bond film Goldfinger was shot
Furka Pass
G
Largest alpine city
Grenoble
H
He crossed the Alps with elephants
Hannibal
I
Home of the 1964 and 1976 Olympics
Innsbruck
J
French mountain also famous for its huge north face
Grandes Jorasses
K
Highest gondola of Europe above Z
Klein Matterhorn
L
South Tirol language quite similar to Romansh and Friulan
Ladin
M
Smallest country of the Alps
Monaco
N
German name of the easternmost alpine state of Austria
Niederösterreich
O
Austrian valley where a 5300 years old mummy was found
Ötztal
P
Longest italian river that rises at the bottom of the Monte Viso
Po
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R
Swiss-french river that rises from the glacier of the same name
Rhône
S
Second highest pass famous for its 75 hairpin turns
Stelvio
T
Highest mountain of Slovenia
Triglav
U
Climbing and Mountaineering Federation founded in Chamonix
UIAA
V
Swiss canton home of more than half of the 4000ers of the Alps
Valais
W
Longest downhill of the alpine ski world cup
Wengen
X
Freeride competition held in Verbier since 1996
Xtreme
Y
 
 
Z
Famous ski resort below the Matterhorn
Zermatt
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