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AI overview
The Eiger is a prominent mountain in Switzerland's Bernese Alps, notable for its dramatic 3,000-meter north face that towers above the valleys of Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, and for being part of one of the Alps' most iconic ridge formations. It matters as a defining landmark of the Swiss Alps, situated between major glacier systems and serving as an emblematic sight in the region.
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Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Eiger
- Mountain.photo
- North face.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The north face of the Eiger
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3967
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 361
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 2.0
- Mountain.translation
- Ogre
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Mönch
- Mountain.listing
- Great north faces of the Alps Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Bernese Alps
- Mountain.topo
- Swisstopo 1229 Grindelwald
- Mountain.type
- Limestone
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 11 August 1858
- Mountain.easiest_route
- basic rock/snow/ice climb (AD)
via Wikipedia infobox
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On the map
3 mapped locations