Schwarzmönch

Coordinates: 46°33′6.2″N 7°55′35.8″E / 46.551722°N 7.926611°E / 46.551722; 7.926611
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Schwarzmönch
The Schwarzmönch (right) and the Jungfrau (left)
Highest point
Elevation2,649 m (8,691 ft)[1]
Coordinates46°33′6.2″N 7°55′35.8″E / 46.551722°N 7.926611°E / 46.551722; 7.926611
Geography
Schwarzmönch is located in Switzerland
Schwarzmönch
Schwarzmönch
Location in Switzerland
LocationBern, Switzerland
Parent rangeBernese Alps

The Schwarzmönch (German for "black monk") (2,649 m) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland. It forms a huge buttress on the north-west side of the Jungfrau, to which it is connected by the ridge named Ufem Schwarzen Grat.

East the summit is located the Silberhorn Hut.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps

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