Schynige Platte

The Schynige Platte is a small mountain ridge and a viewpoint in the Bernese Highlands and belongs to the Schwarzhorn group. The mountain range consists of three peaks: Gumihorn, Tuba, and the closest summit next to the viewpoint, Geiss.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Schynige Platte Railway and Gumihorn.

Schynige Platte Railway

Railway station

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The Schynige Platte Railway is a mountain railway in the Bernese Highlands area of Switzerland, which connects the town of Wilderswil, near Interlaken, with the famous wildflower gardens of the Schynige Platte.

Gumihorn

Peak

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The Gumihorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, the highest point of the Schynige Platte ridge, located at the western end of the Schwarzhorn group. It forms a limestone tower, overlooking the valley of the Lütschine.

Breitlauenen railway station

Railway station

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Breitlauenen is a railway station on the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilderswil and Lütschental.

Wilderswil

Village

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Wilderswil is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Wilderswil belongs to the Small Agglomeration Interlaken with 23,300 inhabitants. Wilderswil is situated 3½ km west of Schynige Platte.

Lütschental

Village

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Lütschental is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Lütschental is situated 3½ km southeast of Schynige Platte.

Isenfluh

Village

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Isenfluh is a mountain village and former municipality in the Swiss canton of Bern, located in the Bernese Oberland above the road from Wilderswil to Lauterbrunnen. Isenfluh is situated 4 km south of Schynige Platte.

Schynige Platte

Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,100 metres
Description: mountain near Wilderswil in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Gündlischwand, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.65362° or 46° 39′ 13″ north

Longitude

7.90841° or 7° 54′ 30″ east

Elevation

2,100 metres (6,890 feet)

Open location code

8FR9MW35+C9

GeoNames ID

2658663

Wikidata ID

Q661856

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Schynige Platte” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Schynige Platte”
Czech: “Schynige Platte”
Dutch: “Schynige Platte”
Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ستشينيج پلات”
German: “Schynige Platte”
Japanese: “シーニゲプラッテ”
Korean: “쉬니게 플라테”
Ladin: “Schynige Platte”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schynige Platte”
Spanish: “Schynige Platte”
Swedish: “Schynige Platte”

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