This is a list of
mountains of the
Swiss canton of
Bern. Bern is one of the three cantons (with
Valais and
Graubünden) having summits above 4,000 metres. It is also one of the two cantons (with
Vaud) extending over both the
Alps and
Jura. Topographically, the most important summit of the canton is that of the
Finsteraarhorn (most
elevated, most
prominent and most
isolated).
This list only includes significant summits with a
topographic prominence of at least 150 metres (492 ft). There are over 160 such summits in the canton of Bern and they are mostly found in the
Bernese Oberland and the
Bernese Jura, in its southernmost and northernmost
districts.[1] All mountain heights and prominences on the list are from the largest-
scale maps available.[2]
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abAll mountain heights and prominences are from the 1:25,000
Swisstopo topographic maps.
^The three main sources for first ascent data are: For the Western Alps;
W.A.B. Coolidge,
The Alps in nature and history, Methuen & Co, London, 1908. For the Central Alps;
Gottlieb Studer, Über Eis und Schnee: Die höchsten Gipfel der Schweiz und die Geschichte ihrer Besteigung, Volumes 1-3, Schmid & Francke, Bern, 1896-1899. For the Eastern Alps: Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, Volumes 1-3, German and Austrian Alpine Club, Berlin, 1894. Given are the years for the first recorded ascents. In many cases local people or surveyors made earlier ascents. In particular, chamois and ibex hunters are expected to have reached many summits. Years in italics indicate that it is known that an earlier ascent was made, for example by the presence of artifacts on top or the summit's prior use as a triangulation point.