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Bernese Alps in the wide meaning

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Country
  
Switzerland

Elevation
  
4,274 m

Parent range
  
Alps

Orogeny
  
Alpine orogeny

Peak
  
Finsteraarhorn

Bernese Alps in the wide meaning

Cantons
  
List Bern Vaud Valais Lucerne Uri Nidwalden Obwalden

Borders on
  
List Lepontine Alps Pennine Alps Graian Alps Savoy Prealps Swiss Prealps Glarus Alps i.t.w.m.

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 of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland.

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GeographyEdit

The range concerns several Swiss cantons: Bern, Vaud, Valais, Lucerne, Uri, Nidwalden and Obwalden.

SOIUSA classificationEdit

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:

  • main part = Western Alps
  • major sector = North Western Alps
  • section = Bernese Alps i.t.w.m.
  • code = I/B-12

    • SubdivisionEdit

    The range is divided into three subsections:

  • Urner Alps (in German Urner Alpen) - SOIUSA code:I/B-12.I;
  • Bernese Alps s.s. (in German Berner Alpen i.e.S.) - SOIUSA code:I/B-12.II;
  • Vaud Alps - SOIUSA code:I/B-12.III.

    • Notable summitsEdit

    Some notable summits of the range are:

    Notable passesEdit

    Some notable mountain passes of the range are:

    MapsEdit

  • Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography - Swisstopo); on-line version: map.geo.admin.ch

    • References

    Bernese Alps in the wide meaning Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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