Canton of Bern
Interlaken-Oberhasli
Guttannen

Schreckhorn

The Schreckhorn is a mountain in the . It is the highest peak located entirely in the . The Schreckhorn is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the northernmost summit rising above 4,000 metres in Europe.
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Photo: Johannes-dilger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,078 metres
  • Description: mountain peak in the administrative district of Interlaken-Oberhasli in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Gross Schreckhorn”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lauteraarhorn and Kleines Schreckhorn.

Peak
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a peak of the , located in the canton of . Together with the higher Schreckhorn, to which it is connected by a high ridge, it lies between the valleys of the and the Unteraar Glacier, about 10 kilometres southeast of , the closest locality.

Peak
Photo: Jphoto, Public domain.
The is a mountain of the , located south of in the . It lies between the valleys of the and the , north of the Schreckhorn.

Mountain hut
Photo: Patrick.Lie, Public domain.
The is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located south of in the canton of . The hut lies at a height of 2,529 metres above sea level, above the , at the foot of the Schreckhorn in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grindelwald and Grosse Scheidegg.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. It's in the valley from Interlaken up to the pass of Grosse Scheidegg, a traditional cattle trail, and in Old High German grintil walt meant "barrier forest".

Locality
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a mountain pass in the of , The pass crosses the col between the and the mountains at an elevation of 1,962 m. is situated 7 km north of Schreckhorn.

Schreckhorn

Latitude
46.58988° or 46° 35′ 24″ north
Longitude
8.1182° or 8° 7′ 6″ east
Elevation
4,078 metres (13,379 feet)
Open location code
8FRCH4Q9+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1372222163
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2658698
Wiki­data ID
Q16539
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Schreckhorn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سشريكورن”
  • Armenian: “Շրեկհորն”
  • Basque: “Schreckhorn”
  • Belarusian: “Шрэкгорн”
  • Bengali: “শ্রেকহর্ন”
  • Catalan: “Schreckhorn”
  • Cebuano: “Schreckhorn”
  • Chinese: “施雷克峰”
  • Czech: “Schreckhorn”
  • Dutch: “Schreckhorn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سشريكورن”
  • Esperanto: “Schreckhorn”
  • Estonian: “Schreckhorn”
  • French: “Schreckhorn”
  • Georgian: “შრეკჰორნი”
  • German: “Schreckhorn”
  • Hebrew: “שרקהורן”
  • Italian: “Schreckhorn”
  • Japanese: “シュレックホルン”
  • Korean: “슈렉호른”
  • Ladin: “Schreckhorn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schreckhorn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Schreckhorn”
  • Polish: “Schreckhorn”
  • Portuguese: “Schreckhorn”
  • Russian: “Шрекхорн”
  • Spanish: “Schreckhorn”
  • Swahili: “Schreckhorn”
  • Swedish: “Schreckhorn”
  • Ukrainian: “Шрекгорн”
  • Ukrainian: “Шрекхорн”
  • Venetian: “Schreckhorn”
  • Western Panjabi: “شریکہورن”
  • “nena ma Sikakon”

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