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Mountain in Switzerland
Grosshorn
View from Lauterbrunnen (north side)
Highest point
Elevation3,754 m (12,316 ft)
Prominence194 m (636 ft)
Parent peakJungfrau
Coordinates46°29′11.9″N 7°54′39.2″E / 46.486639°N 7.910889°E / 46.486639; 7.910889
Geography
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LocationBern/Valais, Switzerland
Parent rangeBernese Alps

The Grosshorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is situated in the middle of the Lauterbrunnen Wall.

Summit area of the Grosshorn with the prominent West-Ridge-Gendarme (right)

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Grossjoch (3,560 m).

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