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.
- Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,996 metres (6,549 feet)
- …is also known as “Simplon”
- Description: mountain pass in Switzerland
Places of Interest
Highlights include Simplon Hospice and Rotelsee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosswald and Ried-Brig.
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Simplon Pass
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Latitude
46.25021° or 46° 15′ 1″ north
Longitude
8.03168° or 8° 1′ 54″ east
Open location code
8FRC722J+3M
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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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”
- Italian: “Passo del Sempione”
- Italian: “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”
- Turkish: “Simplon Geçidi”
- Ukrainian: “Перевал Семпіоне”
- Ukrainian: “Сімплон”
- Welsh: “Bwlch Simplon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kulm and Simplon Hospiz.
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Highlights include Stellplatz Simplonpass and KiL.22.220.
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