Monte Leone
Monte Leone is the highest mountain of the Lepontine Alps and is located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The mountain stands on the extreme west of the Lepontine Alps, a few kilometres east of Simplon Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Wasenhorn and Breithorn.
Wasenhorn
Peak
Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
The Wasenhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies halfway between Brig and Varzo, just north of Monte Leone, in the Simplon Pass area.
Breithorn
Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
The Breithorn is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Simplon in the canton of Valais. It is part of the Monte Leone massif.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Domenico di Varzo and Gondo.
Gondo
Village
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zwischbergen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Simplon
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Simplon, earlier known as Simpeln, is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Monte Leone
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,553 metres
- Description: mountain of the Lepontine Alps
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Zwischbergen, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.24951° or 46° 14′ 58″ northLongitude
8.11016° or 8° 6′ 37″ eastElevation
3,553 metres (11,657 feet)Open location code
8FRC64X6+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1373149583OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Monte Leone” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونت ليوني”
- Basque: “Monte Leone”
- Bulgarian: “Монте Леоне”
- Catalan: “Monte Leone”
- Cebuano: “Monte Leone”
- Chinese: “萊昂內山”
- Dutch: “Monte Leone”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ليونى”
- French: “Monte Leone”
- Georgian: “მონტე-ლეონე”
- German: “Monte Leone”
- Hebrew: “מונטה לאונה”
- Italian: “Monte Leone”
- Korean: “몬테 레오네”
- Ladin: “Monte Leone”
- Lombard: “Mont de l’Aion”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Leone”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Monte Leone”
- Polish: “Monte Leone”
- Portuguese: “Monte Leone”
- Russian: “Монте-Леоне”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Monte Leone”
- Spanish: “Monte Leone”
- Swedish: “Monte Leone”
- Turkish: “Monte Leone”
- Ukrainian: “Монте-Леоне”
- Venetian: “Monte Leone”
- Vietnamese: “Monte Leone”
- Western Panjabi: “مونٹ لیون”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rossetto and Cianciavero.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ghiacciaio Leone and Alpjergletscher.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monte Leone”. Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.