Simplon, Monte Leone
Simplon, Monte Leone is a bus stop in Simplon, Brig District, Valais and has an elevation of 1,994 metres. Simplon, Monte Leone is situated nearby to the hotel Simplon Hospice, as well as near Rotelsee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Simplon Pass and Simplon Hospice.
Simplon Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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. Simplon Hospice is situated 350 metres east of Simplon, Monte Leone.
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. Rotelsee is situated 520 metres east of Simplon, Monte Leone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brig and Rosswald.
Brig
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brig, officially Brig-Glis, is a municipality of 13,000 people in Valais in Switzerland. The municipality is made up of two neighbouring towns, Brig and Glis, with a third independent town Naters across the Rhone river to the north.
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. Rosswald is situated 7 km north of Simplon, Monte Leone.
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. Ried-Brig is situated 8 km north of Simplon, Monte Leone.
Simplon, Monte Leone
- Type: Bus stop
- Also known as: “Monte Leone”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Simplon, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.24575° or 46° 14′ 45″ northLongitude
8.0249° or 8° 1′ 30″ eastElevation
1,994 metres (6,542 feet)Operator
PAGOpen location code
8FRC62WF+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1408960649OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platformGeoNames ID
10398184
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