Western Europe
Switzerland
The top 10 natural landmarks of Switzerland — real photos, locations and fascinating facts for every wonder.
MountainsMatterhorn
Zermatt
The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe.
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The iconic near-symmetrical pyramid peak on the Italian border.
MountainsJungfrau
Bernese Alps
The Jungfrau, at 4,158 m (13,642 ft) is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the southern canton of Bern and the northern 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.
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A glacier-clad giant reached by Europe's highest railway station.
LakesLake Geneva
western Switzerland
Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône.
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A grand crescent lake shared with France below the Alps.
GlaciersAletsch Glacier
Valais
The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km (14 mi) (2014), a volume of 15.4 km3 (3.7 cu mi) (2011), and covers about 81.7 km2 (2011) in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais.
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The largest glacier in the Alps, a 20 km river of ice.
WaterfallsRhine Falls
Schaffhausen
The Rhine Falls is a waterfall on the High Rhine in Switzerland. It is the most powerful waterfall in Europe and a popular tourist attraction.
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The most powerful waterfall in Europe by volume.
LakesLake Lucerne
central Switzerland
Lake Lucerne is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.
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A many-armed lake ringed by steep mountain peaks.
MountainsEiger
Bernese Alps
The Eiger is a 3,967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends across the Mönch to the Jungfrau at 4,158 m (13,642 ft), constituting one of the most emblematic sights of the Swiss Alps.
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Famed for its fearsome mile-high north face.
WaterfallsLauterbrunnen Valley
Bernese Oberland
Lauterbrunnen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality comprises the other villages of Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg, and Isenfluh, as well as several other hamlets.
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A glacial valley cradling 72 waterfalls beneath sheer cliffs.
RocksCreux du Van
Jura
The Creux du Van is a natural rocky cirque approximately 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) wide and 150 metres (490 ft) deep, on the north side of Le Soliat, in the Val de Travers district in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. A very well known, amphitheatre-shaped natural attraction, it is at the heart of a nature reservation area of 15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi).
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A vast natural rock amphitheatre of 160 m cliffs.
LakesOeschinen Lake
Bernese Oberland
Oeschinen Lake is a mountain lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, located above the village of Kandersteg. It lies at an elevation of 1,578 metres, covers 1.115 km², and reaches a maximum depth of 56 metres.
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A turquoise alpine lake ringed by glaciers and waterfalls.