Ortler
Americannoun
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a range of the Alps in N Italy.
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the highest peak of this range. 12,802 feet (3,902 meters).
Example Sentences
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The mountaineers, travelling in separate groups, were scaling Cima Vertana in the Ortler Alps at around 16:00 local time on Saturday when the fast-moving snow hit.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
One day, when the fever left me weak and feeble as a child, who should enter but the good pastor Ortler.
From Scenes in Switzerland by American Tract Society
Monte Adamello and the Ortler, the cleft of the Brenner, and the sharp peaks of the Venetian Alps are all distinctly visible.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Horatio Robert Forbes Brown
A multitude of mountains raised their crowns towards heaven, while above all rose the snow-white cone of the Ortler.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by John Tyndall
Here it is: "The Ortler group near Meran."
From Hedda Gabler by William Archer
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