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Unrecognised passes

When you open a catalogue of Club des Cent Cols passes, you'll usually find three separate tabs.

Le first tab is the copyright notice. It also includes a link to a presentation online about the country and its specific geographical features, particularly (but not only) in terms of mountain passes.

Le second tab concerne la liste des cols reconnus car ils répondent à trois types de critères :

The topographical aspect is proven,
The name "col", the toponym, or any synonym or translation, confirms that the place was considered to be a col,
The source of the title meets recognised reliability criteria.

Le third tab brings together the "non-retained passes". These are two distinct types of pass:

Collars deleted They have already been part of the catalogue for at least one edition, but have subsequently been removed for various reasons. They are identified by the letter S in the PDF file status column.
Collars refused (parfois appelés non-retenus) : ils ont été proposés par des membres ou trouvés par un groupe de travail, mais après étude n’ont pas été retenus pour diverses raisons. Ils sont identifiés par la lettre R dans la colonne Statut des fichiers PDF.

Parmi les raisons possibles de refus, sans exhaustivité, on peut citer par exemple :

Despite a recognised place name for a pass, topographical examination does not reveal the typical appearance of a pass. This category often includes confusing place names such as "Pas", "Goulet", "Seuil", etc.
On the contrary, despite the undeniable topographical nature of a pass, there is a lack of a title or an unrecognised title.
- Ex : Croix de ??, Alto de ??
Finally, despite its acceptable topography and title, the source itself is lacking.
- Ex : cartographie peu scrupuleuse, panneautage de circonstance, création à but commercial ou promotionnel connue.
In the latter case, over time it may happen that an initially unrecognised pass appears on a recognised source. For example, in France, when the 1:25,000 scale IGN maps are updated. The pass may then be added to the list of recognised passes.

La gestion de ce catalogue mondial de cols, reconnus ou non reconnus, est intégralement faite par des bénévoles du club des Cent Cols. Depuis presque 50 ans, un à un, sur plus d’un million de documents, cartes papier ou en ligne, ils ont examiné les plus de 100.000 cols cités dans les 2 catégories, et ont rempli les quelques 35 colonnes typiques d’un catalogue de cols. Vous avez bien lu : 3.500.000 données ont été ainsi compilées et sont mises à jour aussi régulièrement que possible.

The basic principles for the creation of collar catalogues are set out in the "Rules of the Game"In particular article 4, not forgetting the comments on articles 1 and 2.

Attached via links are PDF files containing the non-recognised passes for France, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Each PDF file includes WGS84 coordinates, a link to the interactive maps and the reason why the pass was not recognised.