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The Jungfrau Region (German: Jungfrauregion) is a region of the Bernese Oberland, at the foot of the Bernese Alps. It consists of two valleys south of Interlaken: that of Grindelwald and that of Lauterbrunnen, both drained by the Lütschine. The Jungfrau Region is named after the highest mountain in the area: the Jungfrau.
The Silberhorn (3,704 m) is a pyramid-shaped mountain of the Bernese Alps, to the northwest of the Jungfrau of which it is a satellite peak.. A first attempt to reach the summit of the Silberhorn was made in June 1863 by M. v. Fellenberg from the Stufensteinalp on the east side of the valley of Lauterbrunnen.
Capital Altitude (m) Altitude (ft) Tibet Autonomous Region: Lhasa: 3,656 11,995 Somaliland [Note 2] Hargeisa: 1,334 4,377 South Ossetia [Note 2] Tskhinvali: 860 2,820 Kosovo [Note 2] Pristina: 603 1,977 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [Note 2] Tifariti and Laayoune: 490 (and 68) 1,610 (and 223) Northern Cyprus [Note 2] North Nicosia: 130 428
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The name Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin"), which refers to the highest of the three prominent mountains overlooking the Interlaken region, along with the Mönch ("monk") and the Eiger ("ogre"), is most likely derived from the name Jungfrauenberg given to Wengernalp, the alpine meadow directly facing the huge northern side of the Jungfrau, across the Trummelbach gorge.
www.nw.ch Nidwalden or Nidwald ( German : Kanton Nidwalden [ˈniːdˌvaldn̩] ⓘ ; Romansh : Chantun Sutsilvania ; French : Canton de Nidwald [ni.dwal] ; Italian : Canton Nidvaldo ) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation .
The Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area (officially Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch) is located in south-western Switzerland between the cantons of Bern and Valais.It is a mountainous region in the easternmost side of the Bernese Alps, containing the northern wall of Jungfrau and Eiger, and the largest glaciated area in western Eurasia, comprising the Aletsch Glacier.
The Wengen Jungfrau is a summit of the Bernese Alps, north of the Jungfrau. It sits on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais . it was included in the enlarged list of the alpine four-thousanders because of its lack of prominence.