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The Schreckhorn (4,078 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is the highest peak located entirely in the canton of Bern. The Schreckhorn is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the northernmost summit rising above 4,000 metres in Europe.

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Mountain.name
Schreckhorn
Mountain.photo
Schreckhorn peak.jpg
Mountain.photo_size
285
Mountain.photo_caption
The Schreckhorn from the north
Mountain.elevation_m
4,078
Mountain.prominence_m
795
Mountain.isolation_km
5.5
Mountain.translation
Peak of terror
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland
Mountain.parent_peak
Finsteraarhorn
Mountain.location
Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Mountain.range
Bernese Alps
Mountain.first_ascent
16 August 1861 by Leslie Stephen and party
Mountain.normal_route
south-west ridge

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Elevation
4078
Image
012 Grindelwald - Bergkulisse.jpg
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Commons category
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topographic prominence
795
topographic isolation
5.9
native label
Schreckhorn
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The Schreckhorn (4,078 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is the highest peak located entirely in the canton of Bern. The Schreckhorn is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the northernmost summit rising above 4,000 metres in Europe.

== Geography == The Schreckhorn is located 10 km south-east of Grindelwald between the Upper and Lower Grindelwald Glacier. The region is made up of uninhabited glacial valleys, the great Aar Glaciers and the Fiescher Glacier. The summit of the Lauteraarhorn is located very close and reaches almost the same altitude. The highest peak of the Bernese Alps, the Finsteraarhorn, lies 6 km to the south.

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