Grosse Scheidegg
The Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, The pass crosses the col between the Schwarzhorn and the Wetterhorn mountains at an elevation of 1,962 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Wetterhorn and Mittelhorn.
Wetterhorn
Peak
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The Wetterhorn is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald. Formerly known as Hasle Jungfrau, it is one of three summits on a mountain named the "Wetterhörner", the highest of which is the Mittelhorn and the lowest and most distant the Rosenhorn.
Mittelhorn
Peak
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The Mittelhorn is a peak in the Swiss Alps close to the village of Grindelwald. It is the highest of the three composing the Wetterhorner massif. Mittelhorn is situated 3 km southeast of Grosse Scheidegg.
Wellhorn
Peak
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The Wellhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Rosenlaui in the Bernese Oberland. On its eastern side is the Rosenlaui Glacier. Wellhorn is situated 3 km east of Grosse Scheidegg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axalp and Schattenhalb.
Axalp
Village
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Axalp is a high alpine pasture in the Bernese Oberland, on the northern slope of Axalphorn, overlooking Lake Brienz, today part of Brienz municipality. Axalp is situated 9 km northwest of Grosse Scheidegg.
Schattenhalb
Village
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Schattenhalb is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality includes the settlements of Willigen, Geissholz, Falcheren and Lüögen. Schattenhalb is situated 10 km northeast of Grosse Scheidegg.
Grosse Scheidegg
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 1,962 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Grosse Scheidegg” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Catalan: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Cebuano: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Chinese: “大沙伊代格山口”
- Croatian: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Czech: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Dutch: “Grote Scheidegg”
- Finnish: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- French: “Grande Scheidegg”
- French: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Georgian: “გროსე-შაიდეგის უღელტეხილი”
- German: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- German: “Große Scheidegg”
- Italian: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Japanese: “グレッセ・シャイデック”
- Korean: “그로세 샤이덱”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Polish: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Russian: “Гросе-Шайдегг”
- Russian: “Гроссе-Шайдег”
- Slovak: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Spanish: “Grosse Scheidegg”
- Swedish: “Grosse Scheidegg”
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