Simplon Tunnel

Summary

Simplon Tunnel is a railway tunnel^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of railway_tunnel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (212 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Simplon Tunnel is located in Canton of Valais^[3].
• Simplon Tunnel is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Simplon Tunnel is in the country of Italy^[5].
• Simplon Tunnel's image is recorded as Simplon railway tunnel entrance switzerland.jpg^[6].
• Simplon Tunnel's instance of is recorded as railway tunnel^[7].
• Simplon Tunnel's instance of is recorded as international tunnel^[8].
• Simplon Tunnel's operator is recorded as Swiss Federal Railways^[9].
• Simplon Tunnel's crosses is recorded as Lepontine Alps^[10].
• Simplon Tunnel's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316747146^[11].
• Simplon Tunnel's GND ID is recorded as 4118667-9^[12].
• Simplon Tunnel's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2006004389^[13].
• Simplon Tunnel's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12050127s^[14].
• Simplon Tunnel's IdRef ID is recorded as 028724208^[15].
• Simplon Tunnel's part of is recorded as Italy–Switzerland border^[16].
• Simplon Tunnel's part of is recorded as Simplon railway^[17].
• Simplon Tunnel's Commons category is recorded as Simplon tunnel^[18].
• Simplon Tunnel's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20014096^[19].
• Simplon Tunnel's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20004604^[20].
• Simplon Tunnel's terminus is recorded as Brig^[21].
• +1906-05-19T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Simplon Tunnel^[22].
• Simplon Tunnel's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.32361111, 'lon': 8.00305556}^[23].
• Simplon Tunnel's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.27093, 'lon': 8.09568}^[24].
• Simplon Tunnel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p7d49^[25].
• Simplon Tunnel's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000899579^[26].
• Simplon Tunnel's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Switzerland^[4], a state^[28], in Switzerland^[29], founded in 1291^[30] and Italy^[5], a country^[31], in Italy^[32], founded in 1946^[33]. Simplon Tunnel is located in Canton of Valais^[3]. Part of include Italy–Switzerland border^[16], a land boundary^[34], in Italy^[35], founded in 1861^[36] and Simplon railway^[17], a railway line^[37], in Switzerland^[38].

Physical Characteristics

Simplon Tunnel's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+19800'}^[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway tunnel^[7] and international tunnel^[8].

History and Context

+1906-05-19T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Simplon Tunnel^[22].

Why It Matters

Simplon Tunnel ranks in the top 4% of railway_tunnel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (212 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]