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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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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Berner Oberland.

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.	Grosses Fiescherhorn	4049	13,284
7.	Grosses Grünhorn	4044	13,268
8.	Lauteraarhorn	4042	13,261
9.	Hinter-Fiescherhorn	4025	13,205
10.	Gletscherhorn	3982	13,064
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

Finsteraarhorn View from Gross Fiescherhorn, on the right Hinter Fiescherhorn (2020-07-12). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	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.
Grosses Fiescherhorn View from Hinter Fiescherhorn (2020-07-12). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	Grosses Grünhorn Grosses Grünhorn from Fieschergletscher (2021-07-21). Photo by Ondrej Trocak. Click here for larger-size photo.
Eiger The foreboding Eiger Nordwand towers over Kleine Scheidegg.	Oberaarhorn View from the dam of the Oberaarlake to the Oberaarhorn, which is just right of the saddle in the middle of the picture (2018-07-01). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.
Wildhorn Abstieg vom Wildhorngipfel Oct 1987 (1987-10-00). Photo by Stephan Tillmanns. Click here for larger-size photo.	Wildhorn-Northeast Peak View north-east to the pre-peak of Wildhorn, which is 1or2m smaller (2015-11-08). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.

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