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The Schilthorn (2,970 metres (9,744 ft)) is a summit in Europe, in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. It overlooks the valley of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland , and is the highest mountain in the range lying north of the Sefinenfurgge Pass .
The walkway. The cable car station and the restaurant were designed by Bernese architect Konrad Wolf. The Piz restaurant claims to be the world's first revolving restaurant [1] although others already existed at the time of Piz Gloria's 1969 opening, such as the "Eye of the Needle" in Seattle, Washington, United States, which opened in 1962. [2]
Image of the Swiss Alps, covered in snow during the daytime. The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, [1] represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.
Bietenhorn mountain seen from Schilthorn, Switzerland. Highest point; Elevation: 2,756 m (9,042 ft) Prominence: 117 m (384 ft) [1] Parent peak: Schilthorn: Coordinates
Gimmelwald is a small traffic-free village in the Bernese Oberland in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, and is located between Stechelberg and Mürren, at an elevation of 1363 meters (4472 feet). The village is at the foot of the UNESCO World Heritage site the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area.
Valais is a very mountainous canton and includes the highest mountains of Switzerland. The highest mountain ranges are the Pennine Alps, the Bernese Alps and the Mont Blanc massif. Topographically, the two most important summits of the canton are those of Monte Rosa (most elevated and isolated) and the Finsteraarhorn (most prominent).
The 297 m (974 ft) high Staubbach is the highest free-falling waterfall in Switzerland. [8] Also near Lauterbrunnen is the highest waterfall in Switzerland, the 417 m (1,368 ft) Mürrenbach Fall. [8] Finally, the Mattenbachfall (cascade waterfall) with a height of 930 meters is Europe's highest waterfall and the third highest in the world.
All mountain heights and prominences on the list are from the largest-scale maps available. [2] However, heights sometime conflict on different scales. For example, the Fletschhorn is indicated to be 3,993 m (13,100 ft), 3,982 m (13,064 ft), and 3,984 m (13,071 ft) high on the 1:100'000, 1:50'000 and 1:25'000 Swisstopo map, respectively. The ...