of the Bernese Alps are: Alps portal Bernese Alps in the wide meaning Swiss Alps The Alps (documentary film) (German: Berner Alpen, French: Alpes bernoises...
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Kleine Scheidegg (category Bernese Oberland)
hotels at the summit of the pass, including the historic Hotel Bellevue des Alpes that dates back to 1840. Prior to the coming of the railways and the introduction...
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The Bernese Alps in the wide meaning (in German Berner Alpen i.w.S., in French Alpes Bernoises D.l.s.l.) are a mountain range in the northwestern part...
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The Pennine Alps (French: Alpes Pennines, German: Walliser Alpen, Italian: Alpi Pennine, Latin: Alpes Poeninae), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps...
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The Bernese March (German Berner Marsch; French La Marche de Berne) is the traditional anthem of the Swiss Canton of Bern and is played at official occasions...
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Vaud (redirect from Alpes Vaudoises)
mountainous, situated on the north side of the Bernese Alps. This region is commonly named the Vaud Alps (French: Alpes Vaudoises). The Diablerets massif, peaking...
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1775–1776), the Description des Alpes pennines et rhétiennes (2 vols., 1781), and the Descriptions des cols ou passages des Alpes, (2 vols., 1803), while his...
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Grünhorn (category Bernese Alps)
The Grünhorn (or Gross Grünhorn) (4,043 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps. It is located on the ridge between the two largest...
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The Vaud Alps (German: Waadtländer Alpen, French: Alpes vaudoises, Italian: Alpi di Vaud) are a mountain range of the Western Alps, located in western...
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Graian Alps (redirect from Alpes Grées)
The Graian Alps (French: Alpes grées [alp ɡʁe]; Italian: Alpi Graie [ˈalpi ˈɡraːje]) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. The name Graie...
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Alps, USGS Encyclopædia Britannica, Alps (German: Schweizer Alpen, French: Alpes suisses, Italian: Alpi svizzere, Romansh: Alps svizras) Ball, John (1873)...
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Cottian Alps (redirect from Alpes Cottiennes)
(the eastern slopes), and the French departments of Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (the western slopes). The Cottian Alps are drained...
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Provence Alps and Prealps (redirect from Alpes de Provence)
and Prealps (Alpes et Préalpes de Provence in French) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps, located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
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Maritime Alps (category Mountains of Alpes-Maritimes)
The Maritime Alps (French: Alpes Maritimes [alp maʁitim]; Italian: Alpi Marittime [ˈalpi maˈrittime]) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of...
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Grosses Fiescherhorn (category Bernese Alps)
elevation is east of the Mönch. Helmut Dumler,Willi P. Burkhardt, Les 4000 des Alpes, ISBN 2-7003-1305-4 Grosses Fiescherhorn on SummitPost Grosses Fiescherhorn...
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Dauphiné Alps (category Mountain ranges of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
The Dauphiné Alps (French: Alpes du Dauphiné) are a group of mountain ranges in Southeastern France, west of the main chain of the Alps. Mountain ranges...
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Aletschhorn (category Bernese Alps)
Central Alps, 1869, p. 94 Helmut Dumler,Willi P. Burkhardt, Les 4000 des Alpes, ISBN 2-7003-1305-4 Roche, Clare A. (June 2015). The ascent of women : how...
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Savoy Prealps (category Mountain ranges of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Rhône-Alpes (south-eastern France) and, marginally, in Valais (western Switzerland)...
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Eiger Sanction (starring Clint Eastwood) featured the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes at Kleine Scheidegg as the film location where the group of climbers stayed...
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l'influence des climats, 1824) Scandinavia and the Alps (La Scandinavie et les Alpes, 1826) Recollections Written in 1831 (Souvenirs écrits en 1831, 1831) Switzerland...
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Jungfrau (category Bernese Alps)
virgin"), at 4,158 meters (13,642 ft) is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton...
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"Partition of the Alps", German: Einteilung der Alpen, French: Partition des Alpes) is a classification of the mountain ranges of the Alps, that is primarily...
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Finsteraarhorn (category Bernese Alps)
between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It is the highest mountain of the Bernese Alps and the most prominent peak of Switzerland. The Finsteraarhorn is...
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The Lepontine Alps (German: Lepontinische Alpen, French: Alpes lépontines, Italian: Alpi Lepontine) are a mountain range in the north-western part of...
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Fiescherhorn 4,049 13,284 Bernese Alps, Switzerland Grünhorn 4,043 13,264 Bernese Alps, Switzerland Lauteraarhorn 4,042 13,261 Bernese Alps, Switzerland Aiguille...
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The alphorn (German: Alphorn, Alpenhorn; French: cor des Alpes; Italian: corno alpino) is a traditional lip-reed wind instrument originating from the...
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(Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes) 100033 Taizé (Taizé, Saône-et-Loire) 100122 Alpes Maritimes (Alpes-Maritimes, a department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) 128633...
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Jura Mountains (category Mountain ranges of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
covers most of the Franche-Comté region, stretching south into the Rhône-Alpes region and north into the Grand Est region. The range reaches its highest...
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south-western part of the Alps. They are located in Rhône-Alpes and, marginally, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (south-eastern France). Dauphiné Prealps are...
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