Bernese Prealps
| Bernese Prealps | |
|---|---|
 " Piz Gloria " on the Schilthorn |
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| Highest peak | Schilthorn 2970 m |
| location | Canton Bern |
| part of | Swiss foothills |
| Classification according to | SOIUSA 14 II |
| Coordinates | 622 325 / 161012 |
According to the division of the Swiss Alpine Club, the Bernese Pre-Alps are part of the Swiss Pre-Alps in the Canton of Bern . They correspond to the pre-alpine part of the more historically and touristically used designation Bernese Oberland and the Bernese part of the Emmental Alps . The highest peak is the Schilthorn , which is 2970 m above sea level. M. achieved.
Limits
According to Sergio Marazzi’s SOIUSA proposal, which is not internationally recognized , they are subsection 14.II. They border:
- in the west to the Vaudois and Freiburg Pre-Alps separated by Saane , Simme and Muscheren Sense
- bounded in the north by the central plateau (from west to east) Stockental , Zulg , Emmental
- in the northeast to the Lucerne Prealps separated from Emmental , Südelgraben, Mariental, Chringe, Altibach, Lungerersee
- in the southeast to the Unterwaldner Voralpen bordered by the Brünig Pass and Aare
- bounded in the south by the Bernese Alps (west to east) Chlys Hüri , Stigellegi , Simme , Geilsbach , Kandertal , Hohtürli , Sefinental , Trümmeltal , Imfysteren Graben , Grosse Scheidegg , Reichenbach
division
According to SOIUSA, they are divided into three super groups and 12 mountain groups:
- Super group pre-Alps of the Simmental ( A )
- Group Giferspitz - Wispile ( A.1 )
- Gantrisch group ( A.2 )
- Stockhorn Group ( A.3 )
- Group Albristhorn - Männliflue - Niesengrat ( A.4 )
- Group Spillgerten - Niderhorn - Turnen ( A.5 )
- Group Chlyne Lohner - Elsighorn ( A.6 )
- Supergroup pre-Alps of the Lauterbrunnen Valley ( B )
- Group Dündenhorn - Ärmighorn - Gehrihorn ( B.7 )
- Group Schilthorn - Schwalmere - Morgenberghorn ( B.8 )
- Male group ( B.9 )
- Group Faulhorn - Schwarzhorn ( B.10 )
- Supergroup northeastern Bernese Pre-Alps ( C )
- Group Augstmatthorn - Brienzer Rothorn - Hohgant ( C.11 )
- Group Sigriswiler Rothorn - Niederhorn ( C.12 )
The first two super groups are in the Bernese Oberland . Super group C partly corresponds to the well-known name Emmental Alps .
Well-known peaks
- Schilthorn - 2970 m
- Faulhorn - 2681 m
- Tschuggen - 2521 m
- Lauberhorn - 2472 m
- Sneezing - 2362 m
- Brienzer Rothorn - 2350 m
- Mannlichen - 2343 m
- Morgenberghorn - 2249 m
- Stockhorn - 2190 m
- Gantrisch - 2176 m
literature
- Sergio Marazzi: Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Priuli & Verlucca editori, Pavone Canavese (TO) 2005, ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8 (Italian).
- Sergio Marazzi, La “Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino” (SOIUSA) - the complete article with detailed illustrations (PDF; 1.6 MB) (Italian)
Web links
- Boundary of the Bernese Pre-Alps on GeoFinder.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Gerber: Club Guide Berner Voralpen. From Gstaad to Meiringen . SAC, Bern 1997, ISBN 3-85902-165-6 .