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View from Grosse Scheidegg towards the Eiger and Kleine Scheidegg |
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| Elevation | 1961 m. The Eiger is a notable mountain in the Swiss Alps, rising to an elevation of 3970 m (13025 ft The Kleine Scheidegg (el 2061 m is a high Mountain pass below and between the Eiger and Lauberhorn peaks in the Bernese Oberland, In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to |
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Grosse Scheidegg (el. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. 1961 m. ) is a high mountain pass in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, connecting Grindelwald and Meiringen. In a range of hills or especially of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, bwlch, The Bernese Oberland (Bernese highlands is the higher part of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, in the south of the canton The area around Lake Thun and Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Grindelwald is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Meiringen is a municipality in the district of Oberhasli in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The road over the pass is open only to bus traffic. However, hiking is popular and this pass forms part of the cross-country Alpine Pass Route. The Alpine Pass Route is a long-distance hiking trail through the Alps in Switzerland.
In the Meiringen side, the pass goes along the Reichenbach river, known as the place of the last fight between Holmes and Moriarty. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Professor James Moriarty is a Fictional character who is the best known Antagonist (and Nemesis) of the detective Sherlock Holmes. The waterfall can be visited easily using the Reichenbachfall-Bahn funicular railway. The Reichenbach Falls (Reichenbachfall are a series of Waterfalls near Meiringen, Switzerland. The Reichenbachfall-Bahn (RfB is a Funicular in the Swiss Canton of Berne.