Simplon Pass
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Simplon Pass (Italian: Sempione) is a mountain pass at 2,008 m (6,589 ft) in the Lepontine Alps between Switzerland and Italy. It connects Brig in Valais with Domodossola in Piedmont.
The Simplon Tunnel is a railroad tunnel that likewise connects Brig with Domodossola, though its relatively straight trajectory does not run under the pass itself. It actually consists of two single-track tunnels built nearly 20 years apart. For more than half a century it was considered to be the longest tunnel in the world (see World's longest tunnels).
The former Simplon département (the Swiss canton Valais) was named after the pass.
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