Saint Bernard Pass

Either of two passes across the Alps in S Europe. The Great St. Bernard Pass, on the border between SW Switzerland and Italy, rises to 8,100 ft./2,469 m. The Little St. Bernard Pass, on the French–Italian border SE of Mont Blanc, rises to 7,178 ft./2,188 m. They are named after the hospices founded on their summits in the 11th century by the French monk St. Bernard.