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).
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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
To the left was the great range of the Ortler Alps, with the Ortler Spitze rising like a white dome above them all.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Whereupon the whole Italian army by general orders issued on November 1st was directed to press down upon the Austrian army as a great, solid wave of men from the Ortler Alps to the sea.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Mathew Joseph Holt
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
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
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