Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area
The Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area is located in south-western Switzerland between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It is a mountainous region in the easternmost side of the Bernese Alps, containing the northern wall of Jungfrau and Eiger, and the largest glaciated area in western Eurasia, comprising the Aletsch Glacier. The Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area is the first World Natural Heritage site in the Alps; it was inscribed in 2001.
View of the Finsteraarhorn
The valley of the Unteraar Glacier
Aletsch Glacier
Tree line of the Aletsch Forest (Pro Natura nature centre).
The Jungfrau, at 4,158 meters (13,642 ft) is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall of mountains overlooking the Bernese Oberland and the Swiss Plateau, one of the most distinctive sights of the Swiss Alps.
Northern wall
The Jungfrau and the valley of Lauterbrunnen from Interlaken
View over of the Aletsch Glacier and Concordia from the summit of the Jungfrau
The summit from near the Rottalsattel. Note the climbers on the left