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- proper noun a section of the
Alps in north-eastern Italy
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Swansea walker, 68, found dead in Italian Dolomites
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Swansea walker, 68, found dead in Italian Dolomites
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Swansea walker, 68, found dead in Italian Dolomites
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The Dolomites are a wonderful limestone mountain range in Europe that are notorious for stunning backdrops and sudden weather changes.
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The Dolomites are a wonderful limestone mountain range in Europe that are notorious for stunning backdrops and sudden weather changes.
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The Dolomites are a wonderful limestone mountain range in Europe that are notorious for stunning backdrops and sudden weather changes.
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The region of the Dolomites is a great contrast to the rest of the Alps. Its characteristics do not make the same appeal to all.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885
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In the late 1980s, he made a number of first freestyle ascents of some classic peaks, including Hasse-Brandler on Cima Grande in the Italian Dolomites and the Swiss route on Cima Ovest.
Obituary: Freestyle mountain climber Kurt Albert dies of injuries from fall T. Rees Shapiro 2010
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The Italian Dolomites (Cortina, 25-130cm) have improved with new snow, while Austrian Sölden (15-199cm) and Pitztal (65-219cm) have deep upper-slope bases.
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The Pyrenees are neither as high as the Alps, nor as dramatic in appearance as the Dolomites.
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