Mönch
The Mönch at 4,110 metres is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau, it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains, visible from far away.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,106 metres
- Description: mountain in the Bernese Alps
- Also known as: “Moench” and “Monch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sphinx Observatory and Nollen glacier.
Sphinx Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Eric Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sphinx Observatory is an astronomical observatory located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. It is named after the Sphinx, a rocky summit on which it is located.
Jungfraujoch
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jungfraujoch is an underground railway station situated near the Jungfraujoch, in the canton of Valais, a few metres from the border with the canton of Bern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch and Stechelberg.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the Valais and the Bernese Highlands in the Swiss Alps. It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.
Stechelberg
Village
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Stechelberg is a small village in Switzerland located at the base of the Schwarzmönch mountain in the Bernese Alps, part of the district of Lauterbrunnen. Stechelberg is situated 7 km west of Mönch.
Wengen
Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.
Wengen is an Alpine resort in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. It's at 1,274 m above sea level, reached by cog railway and with no vehicle access, on the route up towards the Eiger and Jungfrau.
Mönch
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.5585° or 46° 33′ 31″ northLongitude
7.99727° or 7° 59′ 50″ eastElevation
4,106 metres (13,471 feet)Open location code
8FR9HX5W+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1372219824OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mönch” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل مونك”
- Arabic: “مونتش”
- Armenian: “Մյոնխ (լեռ)”
- Armenian: “Մյոնխ”
- Basque: “Mönch”
- Belarusian: “Гара Мёнх”
- Belarusian: “Мёнх”
- Bulgarian: “Мьонх”
- Catalan: “Mönch”
- Cebuano: “Mönch”
- Chinese: “僧侣峰”
- Czech: “Mönch”
- Dutch: “Monch”
- Dutch: “Mönch”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونك”
- Esperanto: “Mönch”
- Estonian: “Mönch”
- Finnish: “Mönch”
- French: “Mönch”
- Georgian: “მენხი”
- German: “Mönch”
- Hebrew: “מנך”
- Hungarian: “Mönch”
- Indonesian: “Mönch”
- Italian: “Mönch”
- Japanese: “めんひ”
- Japanese: “メンヒ”
- Korean: “묀히”
- Korean: “묀히산”
- Ladin: “Mönch”
- Lithuanian: “Menchas”
- Lithuanian: “Mionchas”
- Luxembourgish: “Mönch”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mönch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mönch”
- Norwegian: “Mönch”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mönch”
- Persian: “مونک”
- Polish: “Mönch”
- Portuguese: “Mönch”
- Romanian: “Mönch”
- Romansh: “Mönch”
- Russian: “Мёнх”
- Spanish: “Mönch”
- Swahili: “Mönch”
- Swedish: “Mönch”
- Swiss German: “Mönch”
- Thai: “เขาเมินช์”
- Tosk Albanian: “Mönch”
- Turkish: “Mönch Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Менх”
- Ukrainian: “Мьонх”
- Venetian: “Mönch”
- Western Panjabi: “مونش”
- “nena ma Mensi”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Südliches Eigerjoch and Mönchsjoch Hut.
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