Thurn Pass

Thurn Pass
Summit of the pass
Elevation1,274 m (4,180 ft)
LocationAustria
RangeAlps
Coordinates47°18′30″N 12°24′32″E / 47.30833°N 12.40889°E / 47.30833; 12.40889
Thurn Pass is located in Alps
Thurn Pass
Thurn Pass
Location of Thurn Pass
Thurn Pass is located in Austria
Thurn Pass
Thurn Pass
Thurn Pass (Austria)
Official nameMires of Pass Thurn
Designated2 February 2004
Reference no.1367[1]

Thurn Pass (el. 1,274 metres [4,180 ft]) is a high mountain pass in Austria, in the Kitzbühel Alps. It connects Kitzbühel in Tyrol with Mittersill in Salzburg.

The Jochberger Ache has its source near the pass. A series of peatland mires in the pass have been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2004.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Mires of Pass Thurn". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.