Kandertal

Kandertal is a valley in Canton of Bern, Switzerland and has an elevation of 1,086 metres. Kandertal is situated nearby to the locality Oberi Lauene, as well as near the hamlet Mitholz.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kandersteg railway station and Felsenburg.

Kandersteg railway station

Railway station

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Kandersteg is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Kandersteg. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the first station to the north of the Lötschberg tunnel.

Felsenburg

Castle

Photo: Ba-glauchau, Public domain.

Felsenburg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Kandergrund of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

First

Peak

Photo: Caumasee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The First is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Kandersteg, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. First overlooks of the surrounding alpine landscape, including the peaks of the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mitholz and Kandersteg.

Mitholz

Hamlet

Photo: Draemmli, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mitholz or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in Kandergrund municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, with 170 inhabitants as of 2020. Blausee-Mitholz is a station on the Lötschberg railway line.

Kandersteg

Photo: Chmee2, CC BY 3.0.

Kandersteg is a village in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland. Located in the heart of the Alps, Kandersteg is the perfect location to explore the mountains and observe the traditional Swiss alpine lifestyle and it is also on the edge of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO world heritage site.

Frutigen

Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Frutigen is a town of 6,900 people in the Swiss Canton of Berne and the site of the northern portal of the Lötschberg-Base-Tunnel that opened for railway traffic in 2007.

Kandertal

Type: Valley with an elevation of 1,086 metres
Also known as: “Kandergrund” and “Kanderthal”
Category: landform
Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.51372° or 46° 30′ 49″ north

Longitude

7.67145° or 7° 40′ 17″ east

Elevation

1,086 metres (3,563 feet)

Open location code

8FR9GM7C+FH

GeoNames ID

2660190

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