Col Agnel

{{Short description|Mountain pass between France and Italy}}

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{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Col Agnel

| photo = Colleagnello001.jpg

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| elevation_m = 2744

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| traversed = D205 / SP251

| map = Alps

| map_caption = Location of Col Agnel

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| label = Col Agnel

| coords = {{coord|44|41|2|N|06|58|46|E|type:pass_region:FR|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| location = Hautes-Alpes, France
Province of Cuneo, Italy

| range = Cottian Alps

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Col Agnel ({{langx|it|Colle dell'Agnello}}) is a mountain pass in the Cottian Alps, west of Monte Viso between France and Italy which links the Queyras valley (Hautes-Alpes) with Pontechianale in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont.

At 2,744 m (9,003 ft), it is the third highest paved road pass of the Alps, after Stelvio Pass and Col de l'Iseran.

Despite being the highest international pass of the Alps,The Stelvio is higher, and connects regions of three languages, but it has not been an international crossing since the border changes that followed World War I. Col Agnel is somewhat unknown and not heavily used. It is one of the many passes suggested as the route taken by Hannibal in his march, with elephants, to attack Rome at the start of the Second Punic War and a modern-era plaque, mounted on a rock on the French side, commemorates the event.{{cite book|last1=Prevas|first1=John|authorlink=John Prevas|title=Hannibal crosses the Alps : the invasion of Italy and the Punic Wars|date=2001|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=9780306810701|page=159}}