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
Messner envisioned the museum emerging from the mountain in three places: two windows looking out toward the peaks of Peitlerkofel and Heiligkreuzkofel, and a balcony facing Ortler and South Tyrol.
From Architectural Digest
"In the Ortler Alps," he replied.
From BBC
To the left was the great range of the Ortler Alps, with the Ortler Spitze rising like a white dome above them all.
From Project Gutenberg
The towering peaked walls of the Ortler--Madatsch, and the glaciers of Trafoy--stared pitilessly down on the forsaken pair--there was not a projecting rock, not a cave that could offer shelter to the sick man.
From Project Gutenberg
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