Grosshorn

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Grosshorn
Grosshorn from Lauterbrunnen.JPG
View from Lauterbrunnen (north side)
Highest point
Elevation 3,754 m (12,316 ft)
Prominence 194 m (636 ft) [1]
Parent peak Jungfrau
Coordinates 46°29′11.9″N7°54′39.2″E / 46.486639°N 7.910889°E / 46.486639; 7.910889
Geography
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Grosshorn
Location in Switzerland
Location Bern/Valais, Switzerland
Parent range Bernese 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) Grosshorn from Murren (cropped).JPG
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).