The
Splügen
Pass (German:
Splügenpass; Italian:
Passo dello Spluga; Romansh:
Pass dal Spleia 2,114 m (6,936 ft)) is an Alpine mountain pass of the
Lepontine Alps 
. It connects the Swiss, Grisonian Splügen 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the north 675 metres (2,215 ft) below the pass with the Italian
Chiavenna 
21 kilometres (13 mi) to the south at the end of the Valle San Giacomo 1,789 metres (5,869 ft) below the pass.
Geography
The pass road connects the Swiss Hinterrhein valley and Splügen in the canton of Graubünden with the Valle San Giacomo and Chiavenna in the Italian
Province of Sondrio 
, the road continuing to
Lake Como 
. The pass is the water divide between the drainage basins of the
Rhine 
, which flows into the North Sea, and the Po, which flows into the Adriatic. The pass is overlooked by Pizzo Tambo and the
Surettahorn 
, on its western and eastern side, respectively. On the Italian side of the pass is Montespluga, a small three street village that is cut off from both Italy and
Switzerland 
during the winter.