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The Eggishorn is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Bernese Alps, located north of Fiesch in the Swiss canton of Valais. A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli (2,893 m), 500 metres south of the main peak.

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Mountain.name
Eggishorn
Mountain.photo
Eggishorn, Berner Alpen, Wallis, Switzerland, from southwest.jpg
Mountain.photo_size
285
Mountain.photo_caption
Eggishorn viewed from southwest
Mountain.elevation_m
2927
Mountain.prominence_m
563
Mountain.listing
Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland
Mountain.parent_peak
Finsteraarhorn
Mountain.location
Valais, Switzerland
Mountain.range
Bernese Alps
Mountain.easiest_route
Aerial tramway

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Elevation
2926
Image
3625 - Eggishorn viewed from Bettmerhorn.JPG
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Commons category
Eggishorn
topographic prominence
563
topographic isolation
2.05
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The Eggishorn is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Bernese Alps, located north of Fiesch in the Swiss canton of Valais. A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli (2,893 m), 500 metres south of the main peak.

The Eggishorn lies within the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region, which in 2001 was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. On its northern flank is the Aletsch Glacier. From the summit the view extends also to the Lepontine and Pennine Alps (Dom, Matterhorn, Weisshorn).

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