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The Bernese Alps [1] are a mountain range of the Alps located in western Switzerland.Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Valais, Fribourg and Vaud, the latter being usually named Fribourg Alps and Vaud Alps respectively.
Apart from the Alps, yodeling can be found in the Solomon Islands, Hawaii, Madagascar, the US, Romania, Bulgaria, and Africa. [12] Although associated with the Swiss Alps and Austrian Tyrol, ethnomusicologists believe that the origins of yodeling can be traced back tens of thousands of years to ancient African nomadic hunter-gatherer societies ...
The Bernese Oberland (German: Berner Oberland; Alemannic German: Bärner Oberland; French: Oberland bernois), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands, is the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern. It is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context it is referred to as Oberland without further specification).
This is a list of mountains of the Swiss canton of Bern.Bern is one of the three cantons (with Valais and Graubünden) having summits above 4,000 metres.It is also one of the two cantons (with Vaud) extending over both the Alps and Jura.
The Gross Lohner (also spelled Gross Loner, German: Great Lohner), is a limestone mountain of the Bernese Alps, located between Adelboden and Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland. The main summit has an elevation of 3,048 metres (10,000 ft) above sea level and is distinguished by the name Vorder Lohner ("Fore Lohner").
It is overlooked by a section of the Bernese Alps from the Wetterhorn to the Eiger, which creates a natural barrier. Together with the adjacent valley of Lauterbrunnen , the valley of Grindelwald forms part of the Jungfrau Region of the Bernese Oberland , between Interlaken and the main crest of the Bernese Alps.
The Bernese Alps in the wide meaning (in German Berner Alpen i.w.S., [2] in French Alpes Bernoises D.l.s.l. [3]) are a mountain range in the northwestern part of the ...
The Wildi Frau (Swiss German, literally meaning the Wild Woman) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Hohtürli Pass in the Bernese Oberland. It lies between the valleys of Kandersteg and Kiental, north of the Blüemlisalp. It lies 60 km at the southwest of the capital, Bern. Its highest point is at 3,274 m (10,741 ft) above the ...