Lauterbrunnen Breithorn

Lauterbrunnen Breithorn

The Lauterbrunnen Breithorn above the Lauterbrunnental
Elevation 3,780 m (12,400 ft)
Prominence 443 m (1,453 ft)[1]
Parent peak Jungfrau
Location
Lauterbrunnen Breithorn

Location in Switzerland

Location Bern/Valais, Switzerland
Range Bernese Alps
Coordinates 46°28′42.3″N 7°52′35.7″E / 46.478417°N 7.876583°ECoordinates: 46°28′42.3″N 7°52′35.7″E / 46.478417°N 7.876583°E
Climbing
First ascent Edmund von Fellenberg (31 July 1865)

The Lauterbrunnen Breithorn, or simply the Breithorn, (German: Lauterbrunner Breithorn; 3,780 m) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is part of the Lauterbrunnen Wall, between the valleys of Lauterbrunnen and Lötschental. It lies approximately halfway between the Tschingelhorn and the Grosshorn.

The Lauterbrunnen Breithorn is one of two mountains named Breithorn overlooking the Lötschental, the other being the Lötschental Breithorn.

See also

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Schmadrijoch (3,337 m).

External links

Media related to Breithorn (Lauterbrunnen) at Wikimedia Commons