The Scheuchzerhorn is a
mountain of the
Bernese Alps, located west of the
Grimsel Pass in the canton of
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
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. It lies north-east of the
Oberaarhorn
The Oberaarhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Bern. Its summit (3,629 metres) is the tripoint between the basins of the Fiesch
Fiesch is a municipality in the district of Go ...
, on the range separating the valley of the
Unteraar Glacier from the valley of the
Oberaar Glacier
The Oberaargletscher (), literally "Upper Aare-Glacier" is a long glacier (2005) situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Berne in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of . The lower end of this glacier lies almost 400 m higher than the ...
.
The mountain was named in honor of the Swiss naturalist
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.
See also
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List of mountains of Switzerland named after people
This is a list of mountains and summits of Switzerland named after people. Only a few mountains were named after people, as it is not a common practice in Switzerland. These mountains were often named after those who were the first to climb them, ...
References
External links
Scheuchzerhorn on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of the canton of Bern
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