The Bernese Alps are a mountain range of the Alps located in western Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the
The Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau
ISS image of the Bernese Alps showing the Wetterhorn (right), Eiger (centre), Jungfrau (left), Lake Brienz (background) and Aletsch glacier (foreground).
The north side of the Bernese Alps from across the Swiss Plateau
The south side of the Bernese Alps from across the Rhone Valley
The Pennine Alps, sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps, are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy and Switzerland.
Bernese Alps
…the Finsteraarhorn, is also the highest point in the canton of Bern. The Rhône valley separates them from the Chablais Alps in the west and from the Pennine Alps in the south; the upper Rhône valley separates them from the Lepontine Alps to the southeast; the Grimsel Pass and the Aare valley separates them from…
View of Pennine Alps from Riederalp
Aerial view of the Pennine Alps from a plane above Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco)