Simplon Pass
The Simplon Pass is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton of Valais with Domodossola in Piedmont.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,996 metres
- Description: mountain pass in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Simplon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Simplon Hospice and Rotelsee.
Simplon Hospice
Hotel
The Simplon Hospice is a large building where travellers and merchants can get food, accommodation and shelter from the harsh climate. In a decree of 21 February 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned the building of a hospice on top of the Simplon Pass.
Rotelsee
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rotelsee is a lake near Simplon Pass in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The water of the lake powers a small turbine in the monastery Simplon Hospice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosswald and Ried-Brig.
Rosswald
Village
Rosswald is a car-free village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. It lies in the eastern part of the canton, in the Simplon region, at an altitude of 1,819 metres.
Ried-Brig
Village
Photo: Bene16, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ried-Brig is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Glis
Village
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC BY 3.0.
Glis is a village, which is situated 8 km northwest of Simplon Pass.
Simplon Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Simplon, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.25021° or 46° 15′ 1″ northLongitude
8.03168° or 8° 1′ 54″ eastElevation
1,996 metres (6,549 feet)Open location code
8FRC722J+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1456020279OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Simplon Pass” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Simplon”
- Aragonese: “Paso d’o Simplon”
- Armenian: “Սիմպլոն”
- Arpitan: “pâs du Semplon”
- Arpitan: “Pâs du Semplon”
- Arpitan: “Semplon”
- Bulgarian: “Симплон”
- Bulgarian: “Симплонпас”
- Catalan: “Pas del Simplon”
- Cebuano: “Simplonpass”
- Chinese: “辛普朗山口”
- Croatian: “Prijevoj Simplon”
- Croatian: “Simplonski prijevoj”
- Czech: “Simplonský průsmyk”
- Danish: “Simplon”
- Danish: “Simplonpasset”
- Dutch: “Passo del Sempione”
- Dutch: “Simplonpas”
- Esperanto: “Passo del Sempione”
- Esperanto: “Sempiono-Pasejo”
- Esperanto: “Sempiono”
- Esperanto: “Sempionopasejo”
- Esperanto: “Sempionpasejo”
- Esperanto: “Simplonpass”
- Finnish: “Passo del Sempione”
- Finnish: “Simplonin sola”
- Finnish: “Simploninsola”
- Finnish: “Simplonpass”
- Finnish: “Simplonsola”
- French: “col du Simplon”
- French: “Col du Simplon”
- Georgian: “სიმპლონის უღელტეხილი”
- German: “Napoleonsstrasse”
- German: “Sempione”
- German: “Simplon-Pass”
- German: “Simplonpass”
- Hebrew: “מעבר סימפלון”
- Hungarian: “Simplon-hágó”
- Italian: “Passo del Sempione”
- Japanese: “サンプロン峠”
- Japanese: “シンプロン峠”
- Korean: “심플론 고개”
- Korean: “심플롱 고개”
- Korean: “짐플론파스”
- Latin: “Sempronius Mons”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Simplon-pass”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Simplon-passet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Simplonpass”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Simplonpasset”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Simplon-passet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Simplonpasset”
- Norwegian: “Simplonpasset”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còl del Simplon”
- Persian: “سیمپلون”
- Persian: “گردنه سیمپلون”
- Persian: “گردنهٔ سیمپلون”
- Polish: “Przełęcz Simplon”
- Polish: “Simplonpass”
- Polish: “Tunel Simplon”
- Portuguese: “Passo do Simplon”
- Romanian: “Pasul Simplon”
- Romanian: “Simplon”
- Romanian: “Simplonpass”
- Romansh: “Pass dal Simplon”
- Russian: “Зимплон”
- Russian: “Симплон”
- Russian: “Симплонский перевал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prevoj Simplon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prijevoj Simplon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Simplon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Simplonski prolaz”
- Slovak: “Simplonský priesmyk”
- Slovenian: “Prelaz Simplon”
- Spanish: “Paso del Simplon”
- Spanish: “Paso del Simplón”
- Spanish: “Puerto del simplon”
- Spanish: “Puerto del Simplón”
- Swedish: “Simplon”
- Swedish: “Simplonpasset”
- Swiss German: “Simplonpass”
- Tosk Albanian: “Simplonpass”
- Turkish: “Simplon Geçidi”
- Ukrainian: “Перевал Семпіоне”
- Ukrainian: “Сімплон”
- Welsh: “Bwlch Simplon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kulm and Simplon Hospiz.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stellplatz Simplonpass and Sternwarte.
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