Simplon Pass
The Simplon Pass (; ; ; ; ; ) is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig, Switzerland, Brig in the canton of Valais with Domodossola in Piedmont (Italy). The pass itself and the villages on each side of it, such as Gondo, Switzerland, Gondo, are in Switzerland. The Simplon Tunnel was built beneath the vicinity of the pass in the early 20th century to carry rail traffic between the two countries. The lowest point of the col, and the lowest point on the watershed between the basins of the Rhone and the Po (river), Po in Switzerland lies in marshland about west of the Simplon Pass settlement at an altitude of .Finsteraarhorn
peakbagger.com Rotelsee is a lake located near the pass at an elevation of . There are several high peaks around that can be climbed directly from the pass. These inc ...
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Rotelsee
__NOTOC__ Rotelsee (also ''Rotelschsee'') 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. The distance from the lake to the monastery is 220m and the difference of altitude is 30m. Lake Rotel lies only 300m from the watershed between Po and RhôneDistance to watersheon Swiss Geo Map/ref> The water of Rotelsee flows → Chrummbach → Diveria → Toce → Lake Maggiore → Ticino → Po → Adriatic Sea. References Rotel Rotel was a family-owned Japanese manufacturer of hi-fi audio and video equipment: home theater, amplifiers An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time ...