Silberhorn
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| Silberhorn | |
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 Northern wall of the Jungfrau, with the Silberhorn (right) |
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| Elevation | 3,695 metres (12,122 feet) |
| Location | Switzerland |
| Range | Bernese Alps |
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The Silberhorn (3,695 m) is a pyramid-shaped mountain in the Bernese Alps, to the north-west of the Jungfrau of which it is a satellite peak.
The north-west ridge was first ascended in 1865 by the Rev. James John Hornby, Rev. Thomas Henry Philpot, with guides Christian and Ulrich Almer, Johann Bischof and Christian Lauener.
In a 1968 letter, J. R. R. Tolkien identified the Silberhorn as it appeared to him when camping near Mürren in 1911 as "the Silvertine (Celebdil) of my dreams".
[edit] References
Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994
