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Berner Oberland

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Finsteraarhorn (4274 m/14,022 ft)
Countries	Switzerland
States/Provinces	Bern (38%), Fribourg (21%), Vaud (19%), Valais (18%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	7,786 sq km / 3,006 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	111 km / 69 mi North-South 139 km / 86 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	46° 37' N; 7° 25' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Berner Oberland
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Northern Alps	Level 3 (Parent)
Berner Oberland	Level 4
Urner Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Glarus Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Saint Gallen Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Western Austria Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Bavarian Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Kitzbuhel	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Berner Oberland

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Finsteraarhorn	4274	14,022
2.	Aletschhorn	4193	13,757
3.	Jungfrau	4158	13,642
4.	Mönch	4107	13,474
5.	Schreckhorn	4078	13,379
6.	Gross-Fiescherhorn	4049	13,284
7.	Gross-Grünhorn	4044	13,268
8.	Lauteraarhorn	4042	13,261
9.	Hinter-Fiescherhorn	4025	13,205
10.	Gletscherhorn	3983	13,068
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Berner Oberland

Aletschhorn The Aletschhorn dominates the view south from the Monch (1985-08-09).	Jungfrau The Jungfrau rises above the Jungfraujoch railway station area. View from the Monch (1985-08-09).
Mönch The Monch is an easy climb from the Jungfraujoch railway terminal.	Eiger The foreboding Eiger Nordwand towers over Kleine Scheidegg.
Grand Muveran Summit of Grand Muveran from the S face (2017-07-21). Photo by Richard Mclellan. Click here for larger-size photo.	Schilthorn Faulhorn as seen from the Lauberhorn on a cold morning (2018-02-22). Photo by Aaron Kissel. Click here for larger-size photo.
Faulhorn Faulhorn seen from the summit of Tschuggen in a deep winter coat. (2018-02-22). Photo by Aaron Kissel. Click here for larger-size photo.	Tschuggen Tschuggen from the cable car station near Mannlichen with the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in the background (2014-06-28). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.
Lauberhorn Lauberhorn (bottom peak) from Tschuggen in a deep winter coat. (2018-02-22). Photo by Aaron Kissel. Click here for larger-size photo.	Vanil Noir Vanil Noir from the SW (2017-07-23). Photo by Richard Mclellan. Click here for larger-size photo.

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