Bernese Alps

The Bernese Alps are a group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland. Although the name notes that they are in the Bernese Oberland region of the canton of Bern, some of the Bernese Alps are found in the cantons of Vaud, Fribourg, Valais, Lucerne, Uri, and Nidwalden.

List of peaks

The main peaks of the Bernese Alps are:

Name	Elevation
Finsteraarhorn	4274 m	14,026 ft
Aletschhorn	4182 m	13,721 ft
Jungfrau	4166 m	13,669 ft
Mönch	4105 m	13,468 ft
Grosses Schreckhorn	4080 m	13,386 ft
Grosses Fiescherhorn	4049 m	13,285 ft
Lauteraarhorn	4042 m	13,261 ft
Gletscherhorn	3983 m	13,067 ft
Eiger	3970 m	13,025 ft
Bietschhorn	3953 m	12,970 ft
Gross Wannehorn	3905 m	12,812 ft
Gross Nesthorn	3820 m	12,533 ft
Lauterbrunnen Breithorn	3779 m	12,399 ft
Wetterhorn Mittelhorn	3708 m	12,166 ft
Wetterhorn Jungfrau	3703 m	12,149 ft
Balmhorn	3698 m	12,133 ft
Silberhorn	3695 m	12,122 ft
Wetterhorn Rosenhorn	3691 m	12,110 ft
Blüemlisalphorn	3671 m	12,044 ft
Gross Doldenhorn	3647 m	11,966 ft
Atels	3636 m	11,930 ft
Tschingelhorn	3562 m	11,686 ft
Gspaltenhorn	3442 m	11,293 ft
Fleckistock	3418 m	11,214 ft
Gross Hühnerstock	3348 m	10,985 ft
Ewigschneehorn	3331 m	10,929 ft
Ritzlihorn	3282 m	10,768 ft
Wildhorn	3264 m	10,709 ft
Diablerets	3246 m	10,650 ft
Wildstrubel	3243 m	10,640 ft
Wellhorn	3196 m	10,486 ft
Mettenberg	3107 m	10,194 ft
Löffelhorn	3098 m	10,165 ft
Grand Muveran	3061 m	10,043 ft
Gross Wendenstock	3044 m	9987 ft
Sparrhorn	3026 m	9928 ft
Torrenthorn	3003 m	9853 ft
Grande Dent de Morcles	2980 m	9777 ft
Schilthorn	2973 m	9754 ft
Eggishorn	2934 m	9626 ft
Uri Rothstock	2932 m	9620 ft
Schwarzhorn Grindelwald	2930 m	9613 ft
Gross Siedelhorn	2881 m	9452 ft
Albristhorn	2764 m	9069 ft
Röthihorn	2759 m	9052 ft
Faulhorn	2683 m	8803 ft
Gummfluh	2461 m	8074 ft
Sulegg	2412 m	7914 ft
Vanil Noir	2395 m	7858 ft
Niesen	2366 m	7763 ft
Brienzer Rothorn	2351 m	7714 ft
Tour d'Aï	2334 m	7658 ft
Hohgant	2202 m	7225 ft
Stockhorn	2192 m	7192 ft
Kaiseregg	2189 m	7182 ft
Chamossaire	2116 m	6943 ft
Gemmenalphorn	2064 m	6772 ft
Rochers de Naye	1740 m	5710 ft
Moléson	2006 m	6582 ft
Dent de Jaman	1879 m	6165 ft

References

This article includes text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica. Please add to the article as needed.

Other websites

Bernese Alps Archived 2007-08-02 at the Wayback Machine at NASA Earth Observatory

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