Valais
Goms District
Fieschertal

Jungfraujoch

The Jungfraujoch is a saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the : the and the . It lies at an elevation of 3,463 metres above sea level and is directly overlooked by the rocky prominence of the .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jungfraujoch and Sphinx Observatory.

Railway station
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is an underground railway station situated near the , in the canton of , a few metres from the border with the canton of .

Observatory
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The is an astronomical located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. It is named after the Sphinx, a rocky summit on which it is located. is situated 160 metres east of Jungfraujoch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stechelberg and Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch.

Village
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is a small village in Switzerland located at the base of the mountain in the , part of the district of . is situated 6 km west of Jungfraujoch.

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the and the in the . It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.

Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a picturesque hamlet in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. It's perched on a cliff edge looking down into the Weisse Lütschine valley towards , and in 2020 had a population of 130.

Jungfraujoch

Latitude
46.54741° or 46° 32′ 51″ north
Longitude
7.98271° or 7° 58′ 58″ east
Elevation
3,396 metres (11,142 feet)
Operator
JB
Network
Jungfraubahnen
Open location code
8FR9GXWM+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 370273859
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Geo­Names ID
8469019
Wiki­data ID
Q665676
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Jungfraujoch” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Catalan: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Cebuano: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Chinese: “少女峰山坳”
  • Czech: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Danish: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Dutch: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Finnish: “Jungfraujoch”
  • French: “col de la Jungfrau”
  • French: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Georgian: “იუნგფრაუიოხის უღელტეხილი”
  • German: “Jungfraujoch”
  • German: “Top of Europe”
  • Hungarian: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Italian: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Japanese: “ゆんぐふらうよっほ”
  • Japanese: “ユングフラウヨッホ”
  • Korean: “융프라우요흐”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Polish: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Portuguese: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Portuguese: “Passo Jungfraujoch”
  • Romanian: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Russian: “Юнгфрауйох”
  • Slovenian: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Spanish: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Swedish: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Thai: “ยุงเฟราย็อค”
  • Turkish: “Jungfraujoch”
  • Ukrainian: “Юнгфрауйох”
  • Western Panjabi: “ینگفراؤباہن”

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