Location Switzerland Range Jura Mountains | Elevation 691 m | |
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Similar Oberer Hauenstein Pass, Challhöchi Pass, Chilchzimmersattel, Salhöhe Pass, Benkerjoch Pass | ||
Unterer Hauenstein Pass (el. 691 m.) is a mountain pass in the Jura Mountains between the canton of Basel-Country and Solothurn in Switzerland.
Map of Unterer Hauenstein Pass, 4633 Hauenstein-Ifenthal, Switzerland
It connects Buckten in Basel-Country and Trimbach in Solothurn. The pass road has a maximum grade of 6 percent.
The pass was probably already used by the Romans. In 1993, Roman artifacts were discovered at the pass. It also lies close to the Roman settlement of Augusta Raurica.
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