The Simplon Valley or Divedro Valley (

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: ''Simplontal'',

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: ''Val Divedro'') is a valley of the

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, situated between the Pennine and the Lepontine ranges. The valley is drained by the Diveria or ''Chrummbach'', a tributary of the

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Crevoladossola Crevoladossola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. Crevoladossola borders the following municipalities: Bognan ...

. The Simplon Valley is the only valley of Valais located south of the

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The highest mountains in the valley are the

Weissmies The Weissmies is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland near the village of Saas-Fee. It is the easternmost four-thousander of its range. Geography The Weissmies is located on the main Alpine chain, on a mas ...

(4,017 m), the

Lagginhorn The Lagginhorn (4,010 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies a few kilometres north of the slightly higher Weissmies and also close to the slightly lower Fletschhorn on the north. The Lagginhorn is the last four-thousan ...

(4,010 m) and the

Fletschhorn The Fletschhorn (3,985 m) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between the Saas Valley and the Simplon Valley, in the canton of Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerlan ...

(3,993 m), all in the Pennine Alps. On the other side (Lepontine Alps), the highest summit is Monte Leone (3,553 m). The most important pass in the valley is the Simplon, connecting

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. The valley is politically divided between

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and

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. The upper western part belongs to the Swiss canton of

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and the lower eastern part belongs to the Italian region of

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. The international border runs from the

Camoscellahorn The Camoscellahorn (also known as ''Pizzo Pioltone'') is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missour ...

to Monte Leone, reaching an altitude of 800 metres at valley floor. The main localities are Simplon, Gondo (Switzerland), Iselle, Trasquera and

Varzo Varzo () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and ...

(Italy).

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